Etymology

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Today it means: tissue Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós) ← Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Ancient Greekῐ̔στός (hĭstós)
  3. English todayhisto-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós, “web, tissue”). Unrelated to English history.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.