1590s, "furnished with organs," past-participle adjective from organize (v.). Meaning "forming a whole of interdependent parts" is from 1817. Organized crime is attested from 1849.
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organize v.
early 15c., organisen, "to construct, establish," from Old French organiser and directly from Medieval Latin organizare, from Latin organum "instrument, organ" (see organ). Meaning "to form into a whole consisting of interdependent parts" is from 1630s. The intransitive sense of "assume an organic structure" is by 1880. Related: Organized; organizing; organizable.