Etymology

systemwide

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Today it means: Throughout a system. Full definition →

English wide ← Old English wīd ← Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  5. Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
  6. Ancient Greekσυν- (sun-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  10. Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
  11. Ancient Greekσῠνῐ́στημῐ (sŭnĭ́stēmĭ)
  12. Ancient Greekσύστημα (sústēma)
  13. Late Latinsystēma
  14. Middle Frenchsysteme
  15. Englishsystem
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  21. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  22. Old Englishwīd
  23. Englishwide
  24. English todaysystemwide

From system + -wide.

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