English
historial
Historial comes from Middle French historial ‘historial, historical’, and goes back to Latin historiālis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhistoriālis
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600historial‘historial, historical’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘Historical, genuine, factual’
- Englishearliest quotation 1604same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhistoriālis
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600historial‘historial, historical’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘Historical, genuine, factual’
- Englishearliest quotation 1604same form
Earliest quotation: 1604, Pedro Mexia, The Life of Constantine the Great, […]: “And the Greeke Church doth celebrate his [Constantine’s] feaſt…”
Equivalent to history + -al
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
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Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ ‘inquiry, learning through research’
Latin historia
Old French estoire ‘chronicle, history, story’
Middle English historie ‘a narrative, chronicle’
English history
Every English word from Latin historiālis
Today it means
adj Synonym of historical or historic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin historiālis / historial