Etymograph

English

systemin

From system + -in.

Formed from system + -in

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’

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Ancient Greek συνίστημι ‘to combine, organize’

Ancient Greek σύστημα ‘musical scale; organized body; whole made of…’

Late Latin systēma ‘harmony; musical scale; system’

Middle French systeme

English system

Today it means

noun A plant peptide hormone involved in the wound response in the Solanaceae family.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “systemin”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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