Where does “préhistorien” come from?
préhistorien (French) comes from French historien, from French histoire, from Old French historie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία, from Ancient Greek ἱστορέω, from Ancient Greek ἵστωρ, from Proto-Hellenic wístōr.
préhistorien (French): prehistorian
Ancestry of “préhistorien”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | historien | historian |
| 2 | French | histoire | story; history; lie, fantasy, invention |
| 3 | Old French | historie | — |
| 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- | — |