historia

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • history the aggregate of past events
  • history the branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • history a set of events involving an entity
  • history a record or narrative description of past events
  • story a sequence of real or fictional events
  • the letter H in the : phonetic Spanish phonetic alphabet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin historia (history, story, narrative, illustration) derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (learning through research, narration of what is learned, history, inquiry, examination).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ἱστορία

Gloss

learning through research, narration of what is learned, history, inquiry, examination

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