The histories of Shakespeare.
An example of history is what is taught in U.S. History class.
An example of history is someone telling a story about their past experiences.
An example of history is an article about where baseball originated.
Her medical history.
What is your medical history? The family's history includes events best forgotten.
I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history.
I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history.
History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes.
The strange history of his lost luggage.
- to be or do something important enough to be recorded
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of history
- Middle English histoire from Old French from Latin historia from Greek historiā from historein to inquire from histōr learned man weid- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English, from Old French estoire, estorie (“chronicle, history, story”) (French histoire), from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historia, “learning through research, narration of what is learned”), from ἱστορέω (historeō, “to learn through research, to inquire”), from ἵστωρ (histōr, “the one who knows, the expert”), from *ϝίδτωρ, from Proto-Indo-European *wid- (“wit, knowledge”). Compare story.
- Attested in Middle English in 1393 by John Gower, Confessio Amantis, which was aimed at an educated audience familiar with French and Latin.