Where does “statisticism” come from?
statisticism (English) comes from English statistic, from English statistics, from German Statistik, from Italian statistica, from Italian -istica, from Italian -istico, from Italian -ista, from Latin -ista.
statisticism (English): reliance on statistics
Definitions
- reliance on statistics
Ancestry of “statisticism”, step by step
statisticism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English statistic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | statistic | Alternative form of statistical; A single item in... |
| 2 | English | statistics | A discipline, principally within applied... |
| 3 | German | Statistik | statistics; statistics, stats |
| 4 | Italian | statistica | feminine singular of statistico; statistics |
| 5 | Italian | -istica | feminine singular of -istico; -istics |
| 6 | Italian | -istico | -istic, -istical |
| 7 | Italian | -ista | -ist |
| 8 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |