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“historia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “storia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
From Ancient Greekἱστορία(historía, “learning through research, narration of what is learned”), from ἱστορέω(historéō, “to learn through research, to inquire”), from ἵστωρ(hístōr, “the one who knows, the expert, the judge”).
“historia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
historia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
historia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
to borrow instances from history: exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis
history (as a science): historia
Roman history (i.e. the exposition, representation of it by writers): historia Romana or rerum Romanarum historia
to write a history: historiam (-as) scribere
to study historical records, read history: evolvere historias, litterarum (veterum annalium) monumenta
history has handed down to us: historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)
mythology: fabulae, historia fabularis
historic truth: historiae, rerum fides
to give a veracious and historic account of a thing: narrare aliquid ad fidem historiae
an acknowledged historical fact: res historiae fide comprobata
to devote oneself to writing history: ad historiam (scribendam) se conferre or se applicare
a conscientious historian: homo in historia diligens
“historia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
historia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), historia is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 36 times in scientific texts, 16 times in news, 29 times in essays, 18 times in fiction, and 20 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 119 times, making it the 350th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References
^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “historia”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 144
Further reading
historia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “historyja, istoryja”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
“HISTORIA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 12.03.2020
Mitt äktenskap var en riktigt sorglig historia. ― My marriage was a really sorry affair.
Usage notes
Usually, the phrase rolig historia denotes a shorter joke with a funny (witty...) punchline, while historia by itself usually denotes a story (or an anecdote).