history

Forms

1.The aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.
- He dreams of an invention that will make history.
- History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes.
- The history of mammals stretches back many millions of years.
2.The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.
- He teaches Latin American history at the university and publishes books about the Cold War.
3.The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it.
- We went to the museum to study Japanese history.
4.A set of events involving an entity.
- The family's history includes events best forgotten.
- What is your medical history?

Very common· #374

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr

Proto-Hellenic *wístōr

Ancient Greek ἵστωρ (hístōr)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti