Where does “storyliner” come from?
storyliner (English) comes from English storyline, 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.
storyliner (English): A person employed to write storylines
Definitions
- A person employed to write storylines
Ancestry of “storyliner”, step by step
storyliner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English storyline
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | storyline | The plot of a story; A narrative description of a... |
| 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 ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |