h i s t o r y
\’his-t(e-)re\ n, pl –ries [L historia, fr. Gk, inquiry, history, fr. histor, istor knowing, learned;
alkin to Gk eidenai to know – more at wit] (14c)

1: TALE, STORY
2 a: a chronological record of significant events (as affecting a nation or institution)
often including an explanation of their causes
b: a treatise presenting systematically related natural phenomena
c: an account of a sick person’s mental background
3: a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events <medieval - >
4: all of the above