Where does “storyteller” come from?
Storyteller derives from story, which comes from Middle English storie, Old French estorer meaning to construct or relate, and Latin instaurare meaning to renew or restore, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne.
storyteller (English): A person who relates stories through one medium...
Definitions
- A person who relates stories through one medium...
Ancestry of “storyteller”, step by step
storyteller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English story
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | story | A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an... |
| 2 | Middle English | storie | The spoken or textual recounting of historic... |
| 3 | Old French | estorie | Alternative form of estoire |
| 4 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 10 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |