1660s, from Latin fissilis "that which may be cleft or split," from fissus, past participle of findere "cleave, split, separate, divide" (from PIE root *bheid- "to split").
fissile wood
fissile crystals
fish-tail
fish-tank
fishwife
fishy
fisk
fissile
fission
fissure
fist
fistful
fistiana