Where does “story” come from?
Story comes from Middle English storie, from Old French estorer, from Latin instaurare meaning "to restore or renew," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root ne-.
story (English): A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an...
Definitions
- A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an...
Ancestry of “story”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | storie | The spoken or textual recounting of historic... |
| 2 | Old French | estorie | Alternative form of estoire |
| 3 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 9 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |