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They are on the verge of landing in the record books this Emmy season and they also have, for lack of a better word, history.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2021

The word history comes ultimately from Ancient Greek historía, meaning “inquiry,” “knowledge from inquiry,” or “judge.”

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

In a word, history and chronology have no rights which a poet, as such, is bound to respect.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman

When we remember this, it seems ridiculous to restrict the word "history" to the civilised period.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

In English, too, the word history often imports oral narration: thus Pope says: "What histories of toil could I declare, But still, long-wearied nature wants repair."

From A Hymn on the Life, Virtues and Miracles of St. Patrick Composed by his Disciple, Saint Fiech, Bishop of Sletty by Fiech, Saint




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