What is "schizo-"

Schizo- \Schiz"o-\ [Gr. ? to split, cleave.] A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division.

word-forming element meaning "division; split, cleavage," from Latinized form of Greek skhizo-, comb. form of skhizein "to split, cleave, part, separate," from PIE root *skei- "to cut, separate, divide, part, split" (see shed (v.)).

pre. 1 split, cleft 2 schizophrenia