historichistoric

Historic comes from Latin historicus, from historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία ‘inquiry’, from ἵστωρ ‘one who knows’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-¹‘to see’reconstructed
2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydtōr¹‘one who has seen’reconstructed
3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wístōr¹reconstructed
4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵστωρ¹hĭ́stōr‘one who knows, expert, judge’
5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἱστορέω¹hĭstoréō‘to inquire, learn by research’
6. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἱστορία¹hĭstorĭ́ā‘inquiry; narrative’
7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhistoria¹‘history’
8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhistoricus¹‘historical’
9. Englishearliest quotation 1566historic¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English historic
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1566, William Painter: “Before the beginnyng of this historic, I haue thought…”.