systematic English · revision 15315

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1670s|origins=grc σύστημα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk/, /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/ ''(UK)''; /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|systématique]] or directly [[la-lat|systēmaticus]],^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(MWU 2024) from [[grc|συστηματικός|tr=sustēmatikós|t=combined in a whole]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|grc|σύστημα|tr=sústēma]] (see [[system]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of or relating to a system: the 1670s in Etymonline, before 1680 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The New Oxford dates it to the early 18th century.^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Methodical, arranged according to a plan, is attested by 1789,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) often in a bad sense, ruthlessly methodical or unduly formal,^(Etymonline) as of abuse carried out with regularity, from 1803.^(OED 1989) In natural history, relating to a system of classification, it is from 1796.^(OED 1989) Systematic error in statistics is from 1925.^(OED 1989) Systematical is from the 1660s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1660s – systematical.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1670s – of a system.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1789 – methodical.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1796 – of classification.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1925 – systematic error.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Done according to a fixed plan or [[method]]; [[methodical]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Forming or relating to a [[system]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(biology)'' Relating to [[taxonomy|alt=taxonomic]] classification.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[systematically]]

+ * [[systematicness]]

+ * [[presystematic]]

+ * [[intersystematic]]

+ * [[nonsystematic]]

+ * [[oversystematic]]

+ * [[systematics]]

+ * [[systematize]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[systemic]]

+ * [[system]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}