Where does “heterokurtosis-robust” come from?

heterokurtosis-robust (English) comes from English heterokurtosis, from English hetero, from English heterosexual, from English -sexual, from English sexual, from Latin sexuālis, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus — to cut, cut off, sever.

heterokurtosis-robust (English): Of an estimator or series of estimators: robust in the presence of heterokurtosis

Definitions

  1. Of an estimator or series of estimators: robust in the presence of heterokurtosis

Ancestry of “heterokurtosis-robust”, step by step

heterokurtosis-robust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English heterokurtosis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheterokurtosisThe property of a series of random variables of not every variable having the same finite kurtosis
2EnglishheteroHeterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a...
3EnglishheterosexualSexually attracted to members of the opposite...
4English-sexualForms a noun or adjective describing a state or...
5EnglishsexualArising from the fact of being male or female;...
6Latinsexuālissexual
7Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
8Proto-Italicseksus
9Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus
10Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via English robust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrobustEvincing strength and health; strong; Violent;...
2Latinrōbustusof oak, oaken
3Latinrōburan oak tree
4Latinruberred approximately like red ochre (which had a traditional status among the Romans); red that was both common and dignified, somewhat associated with pigment
5Proto-Italicruðrosred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rudʰrósred
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-
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