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System

A set of connected things working as a whole.

The Greek roots

σύν
sýn
together
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ἵστημι
hístēmi
to set, place

Literally: a setting together

The story of the word

A sýstēma is things 'set up together' into an organised whole — from the solar system to a filing system.

The same roots elsewhere

Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.

In a sentence

The new booking system cut waiting times in half.

Built on the same root

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