storey
English
/ˈstɔːɹɪ/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A building; an edifice.
- (UK) A floor or level of a building or ship.
- (typography) A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English story derived from Latin historia (history, story, narrative, illustration) derived from Old French *estoree (a thing built, building, a building) derived from Latin instaurare (build, erect, construct).
Origin
Latin
instaurare
Gloss
build, erect, construct
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
建
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- history English
- midstorey English
- multi-storey English
- overstorey English
- historia Latin
- instaurare Latin
- storia Latin
- história Hungarian
- historia Italian
- istoria Italian
- storia Italian
- histoire French
- historia Spanish, Castilian
- ἱστορία Ancient Greek
- ἱστορίᾱ Ancient Greek
- historie Norwegian Bokmål
- estória Portuguese
- história Portuguese
- historia Polish
- historie Norwegian Nynorsk
- story Middle English
- stair Irish
- historie Danish
- historie Czech
- *estoree Old French
- estoire Old French
- estoree Old French
- estorer Old French
- estorie Old French
- historie Old French
- historien Old French
- història Catalan, Valencian
- historia Galician
- istorie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- historie Middle Dutch
- historia Swahili
- istòria Occitan
- istorgia Romansh
- historia Asturian
- istorie Friulian
- storie Friulian
- estoria Old Occitan
- storia Venetian
- stor xno
- historia Basque
- istoria Ladino
- stuoria Istriot
- ystyr Middle Welsh
- historyjŏ Silesian
- estória Extremaduran