Where does “scrollytelling” come from?
scrollytelling (English) comes from English storytelling, from English story, from Middle English storie, from Old French estorie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία, from Ancient Greek ἱστορέω, from Ancient Greek ἵστωρ.
scrollytelling (English): Storytelling enriched with multimedial elements triggered while scrolling down a webpage
Definitions
- Storytelling enriched with multimedial elements triggered while scrolling down a webpage
Ancestry of “scrollytelling”, step by step
scrollytelling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English storytelling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | storytelling | The act and skills of presenting stories and... |
| 2 | English | story | A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an... |
| 3 | Middle English | storie | The spoken or textual recounting of historic... |
| 4 | Old French | estorie | Alternative form of estoire |
| 5 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 11 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |
via English scroll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scroll | A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed... |
| 2 | Middle English | scrowle | scroll, document, bill |
| 3 | Middle English | scrowe | bill, slip, bit of parchment |
| 4 | Old French | escroe | piece, strip (of something) |
| 5 | Latin | scrofa | sow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kerbʰ- | to scratch, scrape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |