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Where does “ἵστωρ” come from?

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

ἵστωρ (Ancient Greek): one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a...

Definitions

  1. one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a...

Ancestry of “ἵστωρ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenicwístōr—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwéydtōrone who has seen, one who knows
3Indo-European*weyd-—

Words derived from “ἵστωρ”

  • history
  • story
  • historical
  • historic
  • historian
  • historically
  • prehistoric
  • storytelling
  • historiography
  • storey
  • storyteller
  • prehistory
  • historicity
  • storyline
  • historicism
  • historiographical
  • ahistorical
  • historicist
  • storyboard
  • storybook
  • understory
  • historiographic
  • sociohistorical
  • unhistorical
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