statistics的词源

英文词源

statistics (n.): 1770, "science dealing with data about the condition of a state or community" [Barnhart], from German Statistik, popularized and perhaps coined by German political scientist Gottfried Aschenwall (1719-1772) in his "Vorbereitung zur Staatswissenschaft" (1748), from Modern Latin statisticum (collegium) "(lecture course on) state affairs," from Italian statista "one skilled in statecraft," from Latin status (see state (n.2)). OED points out that "the context shows that [Aschenwall] did not regard the term as novel," but current use of it seems to trace to him. Sir John Sinclair is credited with introducing it in English use. Meaning "numerical data collected and classified" is from 1829; hence the study of any subject by means of extensive enumeration. Abbreviated form stats first recorded 1961.

词根词缀： -stat-站立,放置(→“政体”站立方式→国家) + -ist从事某项工作(此处：描绘国家所处状态)的人 + -ic名称词尾 + -s

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来自德语 Statistik,统计学，等同于 statist,政治家，-ics,学问，学说。即管理国家的学问和学说，而对国计民生的统计是制定政策和进行有效管理的基础，引申词义统计数据，统计学。