Submitted by SunsetShoreline t3_zbkm5p in history
MeatballDom t1_iyumen4 wrote
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No, no it's literally not.
ἱστορία • (historíā) f (genitive ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱς); first declension
From ῐ̔στορέω (historéō, “I inquire”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “one who knows, wise one”).
inquiry, examination, systematic observation, science body of knowledge obtained by systematic inquiry written account of such inquiries, narrative, history
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