Fissiparous
/ˌfɪs.ɪˈpær.əs/noun
Producing or tending to produce division or separation, especially into groups or factions.
Did you know?Fissiparous was formed in modern scientific Latin from Latin roots meaning “split” and “to bear,” so its most literal image is something that breeds by breaking apart.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰer-
“to carry, bear”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰeh₂-
“to split, separate”
Latin
Latin
findere
“to split, cleave”
Latin
Latin
parere
“to bring forth, bear”
17th–18th Century
New Latin
fissiparus
“split-bearing; reproducing by division”
19th Century
English
fissiparous
“tending to split into parts or factions”