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Where does “ἱστορικός” come from?

ἱστορικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω, from Ancient Greek ἵστωρ, from Proto-Hellenic wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European wéydtōr, from Indo-European *weyd-.

ἱστορικός (Ancient Greek): exact, precise, scientific; belonging or...

Definitions

  1. exact, precise, scientific; belonging or...

Ancestry of “ἱστορικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱinquiry
2Ancient Greekῐ̔στορέωI inquire
3Ancient Greekἵστωρone who knows law and right, judge; witness; a...
4Proto-Hellenicwístōr—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwéydtōrone who has seen, one who knows
6Indo-European*weyd-—

Words derived from “ἱστορικός”

  • historical
  • historic
  • historically
  • prehistoric
  • historicity
  • historicism
  • ahistorical
  • historicist
  • sociohistorical
  • unhistorical
  • transhistorical
  • historicize
  • ethnohistorical
  • historicization
  • ethnohistoric
  • protohistoric
  • prehistorical
  • nonhistorical
  • geohistorical
  • unhistoric
  • metahistorical
  • ahistoric
  • ahistorically
  • psychohistorical
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