Where does “lexicostatistician” come from?
lexicostatistician (English) comes from English statistician, from English statistic, from English statistics, from German Statistik, from Italian statistica, from Italian -istica, from Italian -istico, from Italian -ista.
lexicostatistician (English): One who studies lexicostatistics
Definitions
- One who studies lexicostatistics
Ancestry of “lexicostatistician”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | statistician | A person who compiles, interprets, or studies... |
| 2 | English | statistic | Alternative form of statistical; A single item in... |
| 3 | English | statistics | A discipline, principally within applied... |
| 4 | German | Statistik | statistics; statistics, stats |
| 5 | Italian | statistica | feminine singular of statistico; statistics |
| 6 | Italian | -istica | feminine singular of -istico; -istics |
| 7 | Italian | -istico | -istic, -istical |
| 8 | Italian | -ista | -ist |
| 9 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |