Just discovered there is an interesting etymological link between the words #Stance and #System by which a ***system*** may be defined as "*having the same stance*" or "*standing together*"
***Stance***
>"comes from the Italian "*stanza*" which means stopping place (*like a room within the house*). Your stance is something that's not likely to change. You have stopped there, your decision is made. You're done."
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/stance
Origin:
>***stā-***, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to stand, set down, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing."
e.g. Afghanistan - the place of the Afghani peoples, and in
>Greek ***histēmi*** "put, place, cause to stand; weigh,"
https://www.etymonline.com/word/stance
***System***
>Greek ***systema*** "organized whole, a whole compounded of parts," from stem of *synistanai* "to place together, organize, form in order," from syn- "together" (see syn-) + root of histanai "cause to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm."
