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"Past events record"

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɪs.tə.ɹi/Part of speech nounSorted hiorstyStarts with HEnds with Y4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Record of the past

Word origin

From Middle English historie, from Old French estoire, estorie (“chronicle, history, story”) (French histoire), from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to research, inquire (and) record”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the knowing, wise one”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Doublet of story and storey.

Used in a sentence

  • The history of mammals stretches back many millions of years.
  • History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes.
  • He dreams of an invention that will make history.

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Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Past events record7 letters
02Record of the past7 letters
03Study of past events7 letters
04Study of the past7 letters

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