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from wiktionary:

stochastic

From Ancient Greek στοχαστικός (stokhastikós), from στοχάζομαι (stokházomai, “aim at a target, guess”), from στόχος (stókhos, “an aim, a guess”).

sycophantic

From Ancient Greek σῡκοφᾰντῐκός (sūkophăntĭkós).[1][2] By surface analysis, sycophant +‎ -ic. σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) +‎ φαίνω (phaínō, “show”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix). συκοφάντης is a false friend of English sycophant, since the modern meaning of the English word is different. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs, “informant”).[1] But how a φάντης (“who shows”) σῦκα (sûka, “figs”) came to mean "informant", is debated. First attested in 1537. From Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs), itself from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to show, demonstrate”). The gesture of "showing the fig" was a vulgar one, which was made by sticking the thumb between two fingers, a display which vaguely resembles a fig, which is itself symbolic of a σῦκον (sûkon), which also meant vulva. The story behind this etymology is that politicians in ancient Greece steered clear of displaying that vulgar gesture, but secretly urged their followers to taunt their opponents by using it.

behold, a sycophant: