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Etymology of the English word statistics

the English word statistics
using the English suffix -ics
derived from the English word statistic
derived from the New Latin word statisticus (statistical)

Date

The earliest known usage of statistics in English dates from the 18th century.

Derivations in English

biostatistics, statistical, statistician, lexicostatistics

Cognates

Dutch statistiek, French statistique, German Statistik, Italian statistica, Lithuanian statistika, Norwegian statistikk, Polish statystyka, Russian cтaтиcтикa, Spanish estadística, Swedish statistik

Usage

Word found in Modern English


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