hist
inquiry, knowledge from inquiry
Greek · historia (ἱστορία)
Hist comes from Greek historia, "inquiry, knowledge from asking". It appears in words about the past, records of events, and the study of what happened.
Memory trick
HISTory is HIS-STORY: the inquiry that tells the story of the past.
Words from this root
- ahistorical (a + hist + orical) — not concerned with historyइतिहास से असंबंधित
- historian (hist + orian) — a person who studies the pastइतिहासकार
- historic (hist + oric) — important in historyऐतिहासिक, यादगार
- historical (hist + orical) — of the pastऐतिहासिक
- historically (hist + orical + ly) — in terms of the pastऐतिहासिक रूप से
- historicism (hist + oric + ism) — belief that history explains everythingइतिहासवाद
- historicity (hist + oric + ity) — historical truthऐतिहासिक सत्यता
- historiography (hist + ori + ography) — the writing of historyइतिहास-लेखन
- history (hist + ory) — the study of the pastइतिहास
- prehistoric (pre + hist + oric) — before written recordsप्रागैतिहासिक
- prehistory (pre + hist + ory) — time before written recordsप्रागैतिहास
- unhistorical (un + hist + orical) — not true to historyऐतिहासिक रूप से असत्य