Where does “historic” come from?
Historic comes from Latin historicus, formed with the Latin suffix -icus from Ancient Greek ἱστορέω, derived from ἵστωρ meaning "one who sees," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd- meaning "to see."
historic (English): Very important; noteworthy: having importance or...
Definitions
- Very important; noteworthy: having importance or...
Ancestry of “historic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | historicus | historical |
| 2 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 8 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |
Words derived from “historic”
- prehistoric
- historicist
- historicize
- historicization
- ethnohistoric
- protohistoric
- unhistoric
- ahistoric
- ahistorically
- prehistorically
- sociohistoric
- unhistorically
- dehistoricize
- dehistoricization
- antihistoricist
- historicness
- historicistic
- transhistoricity
- polyhistoric
- macrohistoric
- microhistoric
- ahistoricism
- ante-historic
- historic rhyme