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Where does “wístōr” come from?
wístōr (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wéydtōr, from Indo-European *weyd-.
Ancestry of “wístōr”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-European
wéydtōr
one who has seen, one who knows
2
Indo-European
*weyd-
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Words derived from “wístōr”
history
story
historical
historic
historian
historically
prehistoric
storytelling
storey
storyteller
storied
prehistory
historicity
storyline
ahistorical
historicist
storyboard
clerestory
storybook
understory
sociohistorical
unhistorical
backstory
transhistorical
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