Where does “preistorie” come from?
preistorie (Italian) comes from Italian preistoria, from Italian istoria, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία, from Ancient Greek ἱστορέω, from Ancient Greek ἵστωρ, from Proto-Hellenic wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European wéydtōr.
preistorie (Italian): plural of preistoria
Ancestry of “preistorie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | preistoria | prehistory |
| 2 | Italian | istoria | Obsolete form of storia |
| 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- | — |