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Where does “systemic” come from?

Systemic comes from English system plus the suffix -ique from French, derived from Latin -icus, ultimately from Ancient Greek σύν and Proto-Indo-European roots som-, sem-, and steh₂-.

systemic (English): Embedded within and spread throughout and...

Definitions

  1. Embedded within and spread throughout and...

Ancestry of “systemic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “systemic”

  • systemically
  • portosystemic
  • multisystemic
  • nonsystemic
  • systemicity
  • polysystemic
  • macrosystemic
  • mesosystemic
  • microsystemic
  • metasystemic
  • transsystemic
  • polysystemicity
  • geosystemic
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