An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Apart or detached from others; separate; distinct.
Composed of distinct or discontinuous elements.

Etymology (EN): From O.Fr. discret, from L. discretus “separated, distinct,” from p.p. of discernere “to distinguish,” from → dis- “off, away”

• cernere “distinguish, separate, sift,” → crisis.

Etymology (PE): Gosasté “broken, broken off,” p.p. of gosastan “to break, split,” Mid.Pers. wisistan “to break, split,” Av. saed- “to split,” asista- “unsplit, unharmed,” Skt. chid- “to split, break, cut off,” Gk. skhizein “to split,” L. scindere “to split;” PIE stem *skei- “to split, cut.”
Jodâ “separate, distinct,” Mid.Pers. jutâk (yutâk), jut (yut).