Where does “schizognathism” come from?

schizognathism (English) comes from English schizo, from English schizophrenic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

schizognathism (English): The condition of having a schizognathous palate

Definitions

  1. The condition of having a schizognathous palate

Ancestry of “schizognathism”, step by step

schizognathism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English schizo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishschizoSchizophrenic
2EnglishschizophrenicOf or relating to schizophrenia; Afflicted with...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English gnathism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgnathismThe classification of mankind based on measurements of the jaw
2EnglishismAn ideology, system of thought, or practice that...
3English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
4Latin-ismus-ism
5Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
6Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en