histories

noun

all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing

the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future

the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings

a record or narrative description of past events

the aggregate of past events

Roots

historiahistor- · Greek · inquiry, knowledge

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Where does histories come from?

The word histories breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root histor-, from Greek historia (“inquiry, knowledge”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.