Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From vēsturisks (historical) +‎ -ums (with vēsturisks from vēsture (history) +‎ -isks).

Noun edit

vēsturiskums m (1st declension)

  1. historicity (the quality of that which is historical)
    vēsturiskumu sajūtams ne tikai stāstā par arheologiemhistoricity is felt not only in the story (told) by archaeologists
  2. historicity (principle for studying social phenomena, stressing their historical dimension)
    etnogrāfija, būdama vēstures zinātnes nozare, seko vēsturiskuma principamethnography, being a branch of historical science, follows the principle of historicity

Declension edit