Where does “sistema” come from?
sistema (Asturian) comes from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
sistema (Asturian): system
Ancestry of “sistema”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | systēma | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σύστημα | a whole made of several parts or members, system;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
Words derived from “sistema”