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Where does “sistema” come from?

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

sistema (Spanish): system; scheme; regime, system

Definitions

  1. system; scheme; regime, system

Ancestry of “sistema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsystēma—
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 “sistema”

  • ecosistema
  • antisistema
  • antisistémico
  • sistémico
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →