From organ + -ism, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-.

• (British) IPA: /ˈɔː.ɡəˌnɪz.əm/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɔɹ.ɡəˌnɪz.əm/

organism (plural organisms)

1. (obsolete, rare) The fact of being organic; organicity. [18th–19th c.]
2. Something with many separate interdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing; an organic system. [from 18th c.]
   • 1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 52:

     For the first time, Edith was aware of the hotel as a well populated organism, its attendants merely resting until an appropriate occasion should summon them to present themselves […] .

3. (biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism. [from 19th c.]

• French: organisme
• German: Organismus, Lebewesen
• Italian: organismo
• Portuguese: organismo
• Russian: органи́зм
• Spanish: organismo

• Italian: organismo
• Portuguese: organismo
• Russian: органи́зм
• Spanish: organismo