Where does “Statistik” come from?

Statistik (German) comes from Italian statistica, from Italian -istica, from Italian -istico, from Italian -ista, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

Statistik (German): statistics; statistics, stats

Definitions

  1. statistics; statistics, stats

Ancestry of “Statistik”, step by step

Statistik traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian statistica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstatisticafeminine singular of statistico; statistics
2Italian-isticafeminine singular of -istico; -istics
3Italian-istico-istic, -istical
4Italian-ista-ist
5Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
6Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
7Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
8Proto-Hellenic-tās

via Italian statista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstatistastatesman

via Latin statisticum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstatisticumof the state

Words derived from “Statistik

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās