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Where does “intersystème” come from?

intersystème (French) comes from French système, from Middle French systeme, from Late Latin systema, from Ancient Greek σύστημα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

intersystème (French): intersystem

Definitions

  1. intersystem

Ancestry of “intersystème”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsystèmesystem; period
2Middle Frenchsystemesystem
3Late Latinsystemaharmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects;...
4Ancient Greekσύστημαa whole made of several parts or members, system;...
5Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
6Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
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