Where does “system” come from?

system (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Ancient Greek σύστημα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

system (Norwegian Nynorsk): a system

Definitions

  1. a system

Ancestry of “system”, step by step

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

Words derived from “system”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek σύστημα →
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