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English word organism comes from Proto-Indo-European *were-, Ancient Greek (to 1453) ἔργειν
*were- (Proto-Indo-European)
ἔργειν (Ancient Greek)
*wreǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)
to work, act
ὄργανον (Ancient Greek)
organism (English)
(biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.. (by extension) Any complex thing with properties normally associated with living things.