Etymograph

English

historicaster

Historicaster comes from Latin historicus ‘historical’, from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός ‘exact’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydtōr‘knower, wise person’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wístōrreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵστωρhístōr‘one who knows, wise one’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῐ̔στορέω‘to inquire’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ‘inquiry’
  7. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἱστορικός‘exact’
  8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhistoria‘history’
  9. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhistoricus‘historical’
  10. Englishtodayhistoricaster

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydtōr‘knower, wise person’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wístōrreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵστωρhístōr‘one who knows, wise one’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῐ̔στορέω‘to inquire’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ‘inquiry’
  7. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἱστορικός‘exact’
  8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhistoria‘history’
  9. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhistoricus‘historical’
  10. Englishtodayhistoricaster

The story

Historicus is derived from historia (‘history’) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives), and is modelled after Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐκός (hĭstorĭkós, “historical”), from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “systematic observation, inquiry; knowledge or written account of such an inquiry”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (Hĭstorĭ́ā) is from ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō, “to ask, inquire; to examine, observe; to record”) (from ῐ̔́στωρ (hĭ́stōr, “one who knows law and right, judge; wise man; witness”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (‘to see’)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

video, guy, idea, provide, evidence, review, visit, guide, advice, interview, witness, vision, wise, wisdom, evident, invisible, wit, visa, advise, idol, wizard, visibility, witty, prudent, vista, revise, guise, tabloid, envious, prudence, revue, druid, vide, steroid, improvise, purview, twit, avis, voyeur, hypothyroidism, 119 more

through Latin historia ‘history’

story, 7 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of historiaster (“an inferior historian”).

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / historicaster

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