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Where does “systeme” come from?

systeme (Middle French) comes 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.

systeme (Middle French): system

Definitions

  1. system

Ancestry of “systeme”, step by step

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

Words derived from “systeme”

  • system
  • systems
  • systemic
  • metric
  • ecosystem
  • systemically
  • photosystem
  • multisystem
  • systemwide
  • microsystem
  • portosystemic
  • cryptosystem
  • agroecosystem
  • multisystemic
  • nonmetric
  • intersystem
  • systemization
  • ecosystemic
  • macrosystem
  • chemometric
  • mesosystem
  • exosystem
  • ultrametric
  • hypermetric
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