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Where does “statistically” come from?

Statistically comes from English statistic, derived from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, ultimately traceable to Proto-Germanic galīkaz and Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "like" and "with."

statistically (English): In a statistical way; From a statistical point of...

Definitions

  1. In a statistical way; From a statistical point of...

Ancestry of “statistically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstatisticalOf or pertaining to statistics
2EnglishstatisticAlternative form of statistical; A single item in...
3EnglishstatisticsA discipline, principally within applied...
4GermanStatistikstatistics; statistics, stats
5Italianstatisticafeminine singular of statistico; statistics
6Italian-isticafeminine singular of -istico; -istics
7Italian-istico-istic, -istical
8Italian-ista-ist
9Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
10Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
11Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
12Proto-Hellenic-tās—
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