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Where does “historicity” come from?

Historicity derives from French -ité and Latin -itas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd-, meaning to see, combined with the agent suffix -tōr.

historicity (English): Historical quality or authenticity based on fact;...

Definitions

  1. Historical quality or authenticity based on fact;...

Ancestry of “historicity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhistoricité—
2Frenchhistoriquehistorical; history; chronological narration of...
3Latinhistoricushistorical
4Latinhistoriahistory; account; story
5Ancient Greekἱστορίαinquiry, examination, systematic observation,...
6Ancient Greekἱστορέωto inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,...
7Ancient Greekἵστωρone who knows law and right, judge; witness; a...
8Proto-Hellenicwístōr—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwéydtōrone who has seen, one who knows
10Indo-European*weyd-—
Every word from Indo-European *weyd- →