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Where does “hyperskewness” come from?

hyperskewness (English) comes from English skewness, from English -ness, from Middle English -nesse, from Old English -nes, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

hyperskewness (English): A central moment of the fifth order

Definitions

  1. A central moment of the fifth order

Ancestry of “hyperskewness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishskewnessThe property of being skew; A measure of the...
2English-nessAppended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the...
3Middle English-nesseAffixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns...
4Old English-nesUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
5Proto-West Germanic-nassīUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
6Proto-Germanic-inassuz-ness
7Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
8Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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