English word history comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) ἵστωρ, Ancient Greek (to 1453) ἱστορίᾱ, and later Latin historia ((Medieval Latin, England) storey. Account. History. Story.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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ἵστωρ | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
ἱστορίᾱ | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
ἱστορέω | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
ἱστορία | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
historia | Latin (lat) | (Medieval Latin, England) storey. Account. History. Story. |
estorie | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
history | English (en) | (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.. (countable) A set of events involving an entity.. (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.. (countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.. (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.. [...] |