History etymology

English

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.)

Etymology of history

Detailed word origin of history

Dictionary entry Language Definition
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.. [...]

Words with the same origin as history

Descendants of ἵστωρ

story