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Where does “splittee” come from?

splittee (English) comes from English Split, from Serbo-Croatian Splȉt, from Italian Spalato, from Latin Spalatum, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος, from Ancient Greek Ἀσπάλαθος, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος — name of several types of thornbush.

splittee (English): A person who left the Synanon organization

Definitions

  1. A person who left the Synanon organization

Ancestry of “splittee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSplit—
2Serbo-CroatianSplȉt—
3ItalianSpalato—
4LatinSpalatum—
5Ancient GreekΣπάλαθος—
6Ancient GreekἈσπάλαθος—
7Ancient Greekἀσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush
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