routinely included natural history chapters, with lists of birds and fishes and illustrations of local slugs and freshwater clams). Sense of "systematic account (without reference to time) of a set of natural phenomena" (1560s) is now obsolete except in natural history (as late as the 1880s published county histories in the U.S. Meaning "a historical play or drama" is from 1590s.
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Meaning "the recorded events of the past" is from late 15c. In Middle English, not differentiated from story (n.1) sense of "narrative record of past events" probably first attested late 15c. that arose in Ionic, have spread over the Hellenic and Hellenistic world together with Ionic science and philosophy."
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It is thus related to Greek idein "to see," and to eidenai "to know." Beekes writes of histōr that "The word itself, but especially the derivations. Late 14c., "relation of incidents" (true or false), from Old French estoire, estorie "story chronicle, history" (12c., Modern French histoire), from Latin historia "narrative of past events, account, tale, story," from Greek historia "a learning or knowing by inquiry an account of one's inquiries knowledge, account, historical account, record, narrative," from historein "be witness or expert give testimony, recount find out, search, inquire," and histōr "knowing, expert witness," both ultimately from PIE *wid-tor-, from root *weid- "to see," hence "to know." Story of my life "sad truth" first recorded 1938, from typical title of an autobiography. That's another story "that requires different treatment" is attested from 1818. Meaning "newspaper article" is from 1892. For the sense evolution compare Gaelic seanachas "history, antiquity," also "story, tale, narration," from sean "old, ancient" + cuis "a matter, affair, circumstance."Īs a euphemism for "a lie" it dates from 1690s. Not differentiated from history until 1500s. sense of "narrative of fictitious events meant to entertain" is from c.
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Meaning "recital of true events" first recorded late 14c. 1200, originally "narrative of important events or celebrated persons of the past," from Old French estorie, estoire "story, chronicle, history," from Late Latin storia, shortened from Latin historia "history, account, tale, story" (see history).Ī story is by derivation a short history, and by development a narrative designed to interest and please. "connected account or narration of some happening," c.