Where does “systems” come from?
System comes from Middle French systeme, from Ancient Greek σύστημα meaning an organized whole, itself from σύν meaning together combined with a root meaning to stand or place.
systems (English): plural of system
Ancestry of “systems”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | system | A collection of organized things; a whole... |
| 2 | Late Latin | systema | harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σύστημα | a whole made of several parts or members, system;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |