myEtymology.com: French etymology of systeme

Etymology of the French word systeme

the French word systeme

derived from the Late Latin word systema (system; complex whole; whole consisting of several parts)

derived from the Greek word sustema, σύστημα

derived from the Greek word histanai

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stā-

using the Greek prefix sun-, συν-

derived from the Greek word sun, σύν (together; with or together ; by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.)

Derivations in other languages

English system