On: Uniqueness Bias: Why it matters, how to curb it

[thaumasiotes]

> perhaps we could name it after the latin word for "of the state"…

Civitatis?

[ben_w → thaumasiotes]

Alterum verbum est https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/statistics#Etymology_1

[thaumasiotes → ben_w]

That's not Latin.

> from New Latin statisticum

Also, etymonline makes a pretty convincing case that statisticum refers to the behavior of administrators, not to the concept of the administration, with the -ist- specifically indicating a person.