Science & TechnologyGreek → English
System
A set of connected things working as a whole.
The Greek roots
σύν
sýn
together
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.