storia Italian · revision 37700

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1250, Giacomo da Lentini|origins=grc ἵστωρ}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈstɔ.rja/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''storia''' ''f'' (plural storie)^(Wiktionary)

+ The older and literary form is [[roa-oit|istoria]].^(DELI 1999)^(Treccani 2011)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|roa-oit|istoria]], [[bor|la|historia|t=inquiry; history; story]], from [[grc|ἱστορία|tr=historía|t=inquiry; account, history]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The Greek noun is formed from [[m|grc|ἵστωρ|tr=hístōr|t=one who knows, witness]], from the same root as [[m|grc|οἶδα|tr=oîda|t=I know]] and as [[la|videō|t=to see]]: the word properly meant knowledge gained by seeing.^(Nocentini 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(GDLI) That root is [[ine-pro|*weyd-|t=to see]].^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(GDLI|20, 229) The same Latin word gave [[fr|histoire]] and [[es|historia]].^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ The first ⟨i⟩ of the old form was felt as a prosthetic vowel, the kind added before ⟨s⟩ and another consonant, and was dropped.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Tommaseo–Bellini noted in 1873 that the shorter form had become more common, though the longer one was still used for a narrative of true events.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest records are in the form ''istoria'', in Giacomo da Lentini before 1250, for a series of events, especially personal ones.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) The form ''storia'' appears in this sense in Iacopone da Todi before 1306.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “systematic account of the memorable events of human communities” is first found as ''istoria'' in Petrarch, before 1374, and as ''storia'' in Paolo Segneri in 1690.^(DELI 1999) A ''storia'' was also a story painted or carved, and the verb ''storiare'' meant both writing and painting stories.^(Prati 1951|953) Iacopone already used the plural for fussing and evasions, as in ''far tante storie'' in Machiavelli, who also used ''storia'' for “matter, business”.^(DELI 1999) The sense “tall tale, invention” is in Arrigo Caterino Davila before 1630, and Manzoni's ''Promessi sposi'' of 1840 has ''storie'' for lies told by rogues.^(DELI 1999)

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+ The history of a single field, such as literature or the arts, is recorded from 1824.^(DELI 1999) ''Storico'' (as ''istorico'') is used for a historian by Petrarch, and as an adjective from 1550;^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) ''storiella'' “anecdote, joke” is in Anton Maria Salvini, and ''storicismo'' was coined in 1887 after German ''Historismus''.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) In modern colloquial use a ''storia'' is also a love affair.^(Wiktionary)^(Wikizionario)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1250 – Giacomo da Lentini uses ''istoria'' for a series of events.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * Before 1306 – Iacopone da Todi uses the form ''storia''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1374 – Petrarch uses ''istoria'' for a historical account.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1527 – Machiavelli uses ''far tante storie'' and the sense “matter”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1690 – Paolo Segneri uses ''storia'' for a historical account.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1824 – The history of a discipline is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1840 – Manzoni uses ''storie'' for lies.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1887 – Antonio Labriola uses ''storicismo''.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|history]], the course of human events through time: ''La storia non si ripete mai allo stesso modo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # The systematic account, study and critical interpretation of the past of peoples and nations; also a period of it, as ''storia antica'', ''storia moderna''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # History as a school subject or a university course: ''Domani ho l'interrogazione di storia.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The history of one field of social or cultural life, as ''storia dell'arte'', ''storia della musica''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # A work of history.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # A true, documented fact.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # A [[m|en|story]], an account of events; the [[m|en|plot]] of a novel, play or film.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A series of events in someone's life; an affair, a matter.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(DELI 1999)

+ # ''(colloquial)'' A love affair or relationship: ''Hanno avuto una storia l'estate scorsa.''^(Wiktionary)^(Wikizionario)

+ # ''(colloquial)'' A made-up tale, a lie; in the plural, fuss and objections, as in ''fare storie''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(DELI 1999)^(Wikizionario)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[storicamente]]

+ * [[storicismo]]

+ * [[storicità]]

+ * [[storicizzare]]

+ * [[storico]]

+ * [[storiella]]

+ * [[storiografia]]

+ * [[storiografico]]

+ * [[storiografo]]

+ * [[storicista]]

+ * [[protostoria]]

+ * [[istoriare]]

+ * [[preistoria]]

+ * [[storiare]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[la|historia]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Passare alla storia'' means “to go down in history”, and ''fare storie'' “to make a fuss”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010) An unrelated ''storia'' (also ''stuora'' or ''stoia''), recorded in 1263, was an old form of [[stuoia]] “mat”; it is the source of [[fr|store]] “blind”.^(DIFIT)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}