Where does “Systemfehler” come from?

Systemfehler (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.

Systemfehler (German): system failure

Definitions

  1. system failure

Ancestry of “Systemfehler”, step by step

Systemfehler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German System

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSystemsystem; period
2Latinsystēmasystem
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

via German Fehler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFehlerfault, error, mistake
2Germanfehlento lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,...
3Middle High Germanvælen
4Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
5Latinfallēre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥