English

historianess

From historian + -ess.

Formed from historian + -ess

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

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Ancient Greek ἱστορία ‘learning through research, narration of what…’

Latin historia ‘story, history’

Old French historien

Middle English historian

Today it means

noun A female historian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / historianess