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Where does “photostatistics” come from?

photostatistics (English) comes from English statistics, from German Statistik, from Italian statistica, from Italian -istica, from Italian -istico, from Italian -ista, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής.

photostatistics (English): statistics of the numbers of photons in various...

Definitions

  1. statistics of the numbers of photons in various...

Ancestry of “photostatistics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstatisticsA discipline, principally within applied...
2GermanStatistikstatistics; statistics, stats
3Italianstatisticafeminine singular of statistico; statistics
4Italian-isticafeminine singular of -istico; -istics
5Italian-istico-istic, -istical
6Italian-ista-ist
7Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
8Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
9Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
10Proto-Hellenic-tās—
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