Where does “statistic” come from?
statistic (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.
statistic (English): Alternative form of statistical; A single item in...
Definitions
- Alternative form of statistical; A single item in...
Ancestry of “statistic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | statistics | A discipline, principally within applied... |
| 2 | German | Statistik | statistics; statistics, stats |
| 3 | Italian | statistica | feminine singular of statistico; statistics |
| 4 | Italian | -istica | feminine singular of -istico; -istics |
| 5 | Italian | -istico | -istic, -istical |
| 6 | Italian | -ista | -ist |
| 7 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |
Words derived from “statistic”
- statistical
- statistically
- statistician
- geostatistical
- nonstatistical
- biostatistical
- biostatistician
- lexicostatistical
- nonstatistically
- geostatistically
- geostatistic
- statisticalization
- unstatistical
- lexicostatistically
- thermostatistical
- pseudostatistical
- biostatistically
- statisticize
- superstatistic
- parastatistic
- biostatistic
- statistik
- outstatistic
- statisticism