English
sysop
Blend of system + operator.
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
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- ‘to work, toil, make’
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Latin opera
Latin operātus ‘having worked, laboured, toiled’
Latin operor ‘work, labour’
Latin operātor
English operator
Today it means
noun A system operator, especially someone who administers an online communications system or bulletin board.
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Etymograph / sysop