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[gndoofi]

Hi All,

I've been wondering recently where the word History comes from. My thinking, and I'd appreciate your feed back, is that History comes from "His Story" - He being God.

Does anyone know the history of history?

Gndoofi

[Mrs Faithorn]

Although it might be tempting to think that History tells 'His Story', that's not the case. The term history comes from the Greek"ιστορία" or historia, "an account of one's inquiries," The English word 'story' has the same origin.

See this page for more explanation and info.
http://www.biocrawle...lopedia/History

[shortie_6144]

does that mean history came before the word story?
How strange!

[Mrs Faithorn]

No. Not really.

What it means is that in our language (English) the word 'story' has the same root (or origin) as the word 'history' and that both these words come from the Greek word 'historia'.

If you are interested in finding out more about where words come from, then I suggest you talk to your English teacher at school. It's a fascinating topic.

[gndoofi]

No. Not really.

What it means is that in our language (English) the word 'story' has the same root (or origin) as the word 'history' and that both these words come from the Greek word 'historia'.

If you are interested in finding out more about where words come from, then I suggest you talk to your English teacher at school. It's a fascinating topic. \

I too think it would be a fascinating subject. Almost, too fascinating..