## Meanings
1. A set of connected parts that work together as a whole.
2. An organized set of methods, rules, or ideas for doing something.
3. A set of equipment or devices designed to work together.
4. A way of organizing something to reach a goal.

## Examples
- The human body has a complex nervous system.
- They use a new system for grading exams.
- I bought a new sound system for the living room.
- She has a system for keeping her files in order.

## Derived Forms
- shitstem
- sys
- sysadmin
- syscourse
- syscovery
- sysmedicalism
- sysmedicalist
- sysop
- sysprog
- system-monger
- system-on-chip
- system-wide

## Related Forms
- network

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sem-
- Root: systēma
- Root: σύστημα
- Root: *steh₂-

## Etymology
Partly borrowed from Middle French sisteme, systeme, partly directly from its etymon Late Latin systēma (“harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects; set of troops; system”), from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “musical scale; organized body; whole made of several parts or members”), from σῠνίστημῐ (sŭnístēmĭ, “to combine, organize”) + -μᾰ (-mă, resultative suffix). σῠνίστημῐ is from σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”). Cognate with Dutch systeem, modern French système, German System, Italian sistema, Portugues…

## AI Etymology
System Partly borrowed from Middle French sisteme, systeme, partly directly from its etymon Late Latin systēma (“harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects; set of troops; system”), from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “musical scale; organized body; whole made of several parts or members”), from σῠνίστημῐ (sŭnístēmĭ, “to combine, organize”) + -μᾰ (-mă, resultative suffix). σῠνίστημῐ is from σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”).

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