The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσύστῡλος“with columns standing close”
- Latin · derived fromsystȳlos
- English todaysystyle
From Latin systȳlos, from Ancient Greek σύστῡλος (sústūlos, “with columns standing close”) from σύν (sún, “with”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “column”): compare French systyle. By surface analysis, sy- + -style.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.