Etymograph

English

storial

Storial comes from Middle English storial ‘Historical, genuine, factual’.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500storial1‘Historical, genuine, factual’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1887storial1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English storial
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1887, Irenè Hardy, Ode for Forefathers’ Day: “And so they came / In beautiful Liberty’s beautiful…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500storialWiktionary, English storial‘Historical, genuine, factual’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1887storialWiktionary, English storial. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1887, Irenè Hardy, Ode for Forefathers’ Day: “And so they came / In beautiful Liberty’s beautiful…”

Equivalent to story + -al

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

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Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ ‘learning through research’

Latin historia

Anglo-Norman estorie

Middle English storie

English story

Linked words

through Middle English storie

story, 1 more

Today it means

adj Synonym of historical.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “storial”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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