Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἱστορία ‎(historía, “learning through research, narration of what is learned”) (whence also English history), from ἱστορέω ‎(historéō, “to learn through research, to inquire”), from ἵστωρ ‎(hístōr, “the one who knows, the expert”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‎(“see, know”).