Etymology

historian

his·to·ri·an
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Today it means: A writer of history. Full definition →

Middle English historian ← Old French historien ← Latin historia
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromhistoria“story, history”
  2. Old French · derived fromhistorien
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhistorian
  4. English todayhistorian

From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to histor(y) + -ian. More at history.

Words from the same roots

Latinhistoria all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.