English
lay system
lay + system
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’
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Proto-Germanic *lagjaną ‘to lay’
Proto-West Germanic *laggjan ‘to lay’
Old English leċġan ‘to lay’
Middle English leyen ‘to lay’
English lay
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
name The system of remuneration in which fishermen or merchant mariners are paid a lay (a share of the vessel's profit) plus the value of room and board derived from being shipboard and eating in the mess.
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Etymograph / lay system