schism
‘a division, due to opinion’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. scisme, cissime, cysme, shism < O.F. scisme, cisme ‘a cleft, split’ < Ch.Lat. schisma, scisma < Med.Lat. cisma < Gk. skhisma ‘division, cleft’ < skhizein ‘to split’ < skizm < skei- < Tamil kappu