Where does “systematic” come from?
Systematic comes from French systématique, from Ancient Greek συστηματικός, which derives from the suffix Ancient Greek -ῐκός meaning of or pertaining to.
systematic (English): Carried out using a planned, ordered procedure;...
Definitions
- Carried out using a planned, ordered procedure;...
Ancestry of “systematic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | systematicus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | συστηματικός | of or like an organized whole, systematic, forming a complete system |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τικός | relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σις | Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “systematic”
- systematically
- systematics
- unsystematic
- systematize
- systematization
- systematicity
- nonsystematic
- unsystematically
- systematizer
- biosystematics
- biosystematic
- systematizable
- chemosystematics
- systematicness
- unsystematizable
- semisystematic
- unsystematicity
- oversystematize
- resystematize
- semisystematically
- transsystematic
- presystematic
- sistematik
- asystematic