Where does “statistics” come from?
Statistics comes from German Statistik, derived from Italian statista, originally meaning a person concerned with the state or its affairs.
statistics (English): A discipline, principally within applied...
Definitions
- A discipline, principally within applied...
Ancestry of “statistics”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Statistik | statistics; statistics, stats |
| 2 | Italian | statistica | feminine singular of statistico; statistics |
| 3 | Italian | -istica | feminine singular of -istico; -istics |
| 4 | Italian | -istico | -istic, -istical |
| 5 | Italian | -ista | -ist |
| 6 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |
Words derived from “statistics”
- statistical
- statistically
- statistic
- statistician
- geostatistical
- biostatistics
- geostatistics
- nonstatistical
- biostatistical
- biostatistician
- lexicostatistics
- lexicostatistical
- nonstatistically
- geostatistically
- geostatistic
- thermostatistics
- statisticalization
- stylostatistics
- macrostatistics
- nonstatistics
- unstatistical
- lexicostatistically
- parastatistics
- phonostatistics