Where does “thermostatistics” come from?
thermostatistics (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.
thermostatistics (English): The application of statistical mechanics to the...
Definitions
- The application of statistical mechanics to the...
Ancestry of “thermostatistics”, 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 | — |