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Where does “Lymphsystem” come from?

Lymphsystem (German) comes from German System, from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Lymphsystem (German): lymphatic system

Definitions

  1. lymphatic system

Ancestry of “Lymphsystem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSystemsystem; period
2Latinsystēma—
3Ancient Greekσύστημαa whole made of several parts or members, system;...
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
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