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.”
