English
historize
From history + -ize.
Formed from history + -ize
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
Today it means
verb To relate as history.
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Etymograph / historize