Rifted
/ˈrɪf.tɪd/noun
Past tense and past participle of rift, meaning to split or break apart.
Did you know?Rift comes from a Germanic root tied to tearing and cleaving, the same deep family behind words like riven and reef, all carrying the image of something violently split open.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*riftą / *riftijaną
“a split, cleft; to tear or split”
Old Norse
ON
rift
“a cleft, gap, or opening”
Middle English
ME
rift
“a crack, split, or opening”
Modern English
English
rifted
“split apart; torn into a rift”