historia

See also: história, historiá, historía, and història

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /histoˈɾia/
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

historia

1. definite nominative singular of histori

Asturian

Alternative forms

• hestoria, historica

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin historia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˈtoɾja/, [is̪ˈt̪o.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -orja
• Hyphenation: his‧to‧ria

Noun

historia f (plural histories)

1. history
2. story

Related terms

• históricu

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /his̺toɾia/ [his̺.t̪o.ɾi.a]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /is̺toɾia/ [is̺.t̪o.ɾi.a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧a

Noun

historia inan

1. history

   Synonym: kondaira

2. saga

Declension

Declension of historia (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	historia	historia	historiak
ergative	historiak	historiak	historiek
dative	historiari	historiari	historiei
genitive	historiaren	historiaren	historien
comitative	historiarekin	historiarekin	historiekin
causative	historiarengatik	historiarengatik	historiengatik
benefactive	historiarentzat	historiarentzat	historientzat
instrumental	historiaz	historiaz	historiez
inessive	historiatan	historian	historietan
locative	historiatako	historiako	historietako
allative	historiatara	historiara	historietara
terminative	historiataraino	historiaraino	historietaraino
directive	historiatarantz	historiarantz	historietarantz
destinative	historiatarako	historiarako	historietarako
ablative	historiatatik	historiatik	historietatik
partitive	historiarik	—	—
prolative	historiatzat	—	—

Catalan

Verb

historia

1. inflection of historiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From historio +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [histoˈria]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧a

Adjective

historia (accusative singular historian, plural historiaj, accusative plural historiajn)

1. historical (relating to history)
2. historic (of great importance)

Related terms

• historie
• historio

 

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhistoriɑ/, [ˈhis̠to̞ˌriɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): his‧to‧ri‧a

Noun

historia

1. history

   tehdä historiaa ― to make history

Declension

Inflection of historia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		historia	historiat
genitive		historian	historioiden historioitten
partitive		historiaa	historioita
illative		historiaan	historioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		historia	historiat
accusative	nom.	historia	historiat
	gen.	historian
genitive		historian	historioiden historioitten historiain rare
partitive		historiaa	historioita
inessive		historiassa	historioissa
elative		historiasta	historioista
illative		historiaan	historioihin
adessive		historialla	historioilla
ablative		historialta	historioilta
allative		historialle	historioille
essive		historiana	historioina
translative		historiaksi	historioiksi
abessive		historiatta	historioitta
instructive		—	historioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of historia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative historiani historiani accusative nom. historiani historiani gen. historiani genitive historiani historioideni historioitteni historiaini rare partitive historiaani historioitani inessive historiassani historioissani elative historiastani historioistani illative historiaani historioihini adessive historiallani historioillani ablative historialtani historioiltani allative historialleni historioilleni essive historianani historioinani translative historiakseni historioikseni abessive historiattani historioittani instructive — — comitative — historioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative historiasi historiasi accusative nom. historiasi historiasi gen. historiasi genitive historiasi historioidesi historioittesi historiaisi rare partitive historiaasi historioitasi inessive historiassasi historioissasi elative historiastasi historioistasi illative historiaasi historioihisi adessive historiallasi historioillasi ablative historialtasi historioiltasi allative historiallesi historioillesi essive historianasi historioinasi translative historiaksesi historioiksesi abessive historiattasi historioittasi instructive — — comitative — historioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative historiamme historiamme accusative nom. historiamme historiamme gen. historiamme genitive historiamme historioidemme historioittemme historiaimme rare partitive historiaamme historioitamme inessive historiassamme historioissamme elative historiastamme historioistamme illative historiaamme historioihimme adessive historiallamme historioillamme ablative historialtamme historioiltamme allative historiallemme historioillemme essive historianamme historioinamme translative historiaksemme historioiksemme abessive historiattamme historioittamme instructive — — comitative — historioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative historianne historianne accusative nom. historianne historianne gen. historianne genitive historianne historioidenne historioittenne historiainne rare partitive historiaanne historioitanne inessive historiassanne historioissanne elative historiastanne historioistanne illative historiaanne historioihinne adessive historiallanne historioillanne ablative historialtanne historioiltanne allative historiallenne historioillenne essive historiananne historioinanne translative historiaksenne historioiksenne abessive historiattanne historioittanne instructive — — comitative — historioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative historiansa historiansa accusative nom. historiansa historiansa gen. historiansa genitive historiansa historioidensa historioittensa historiainsa rare partitive historiaansa historioitaan historioitansa inessive historiassaan historiassansa historioissaan historioissansa elative historiastaan historiastansa historioistaan historioistansa illative historiaansa historioihinsa adessive historiallaan historiallansa historioillaan historioillansa ablative historialtaan historialtansa historioiltaan historioiltansa allative historialleen historiallensa historioilleen historioillensa essive historianaan historianansa historioinaan historioinansa translative historiakseen historiaksensa historioikseen historioiksensa abessive historiattaan historiattansa historioittaan historioittansa instructive — — comitative — historioineen historioinensa

Derived terms

• hissa
• historiallinen
• historiaton
• historioida
• historioitsija

 

compounds

• aatehistoria
• alkuhistoria
• asutushistoria
• elämänhistoria
• esihistoria
• hallintohistoria
• henkilöhistoria
• historiakirja
• historiakäsitys
• historiamaalaus
• historianfilosofia
• historiankirja
• historiankirjoittaja
• historiankirjoitus
• historiankäsitys
• historianmukainen
• historianopettaja
• historiantakainen
• historiantunti
• historiantutkija
• historiantutkimus
• historianvastainen
• historiaseura
• historiateos
• historiatiede
• hoitohistoria
• järjestöhistoria
• kasvatushistoria
• kaupunkihistoria
• kehityshistoria
• kielihistoria
• kirjahistoria
• kirjallisuudenhistoria
• kirjallisuushistoria
• kirkkohistoria
• kulttuurihistoria
• kärsimyshistoria
• käsitehistoria
• luokkahistoria
• luonnonhistoria
• lähihistoria
• maailmanhistoria
• maakuntahistoria
• makrohistoria
• marginaalihistoria
• mediahistoria
• mentaalihistoria
• mentaliteettihistoria
• mikrohistoria
• muotohistoria
• musiikinhistoria
• naishistoria
• oikeushistoria
• olympiahistoria
• omistajahistoria
• omistushistoria
• oppihistoria
• paikallishistoria
• pitäjänhistoria
• psykohistoria
• pukuhistoria
• raamatunhistoria
• rakennushistoria
• sairaushistoria
• selaushistoria
• seurakuntahistoria
• sivuhistoria
• sosiaalihistoria
• sotahistoria
• sukuhistoria
• syntyhistoria
• taidehistoria
• taloushistoria
• tieteenhistoria
• tutkimushistoria
• työhistoria
• vaihtoehtohistoria
• vakuutushistoria
• varhaishistoria
• väestöhistoria
• äännehistoria

 

Related terms

• historiikki
• historiografia
• historisismi
• historismi

 

Further reading

• “historia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (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

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese estoria (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [isˈtoɾjɐ]

Noun

historia f (plural historias)

1. history (the aggregate of past events)
2. history (the branch of knowledge that studies the past)
3. history (a set of events involving an entity)
4. history (a record or narrative description of past events)
5. story (a sequence of real or fictional events)

   Synonym: conto

6. gossip (idle talk)

   Synonyms: conto, leria

Derived terms

• historiar

Related terms

• historial
• histórico

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estoria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “storia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “historia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “historia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “historia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Further reading

• “historia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Interlingua

Noun

historia (plural historias)

1. history

Italian

Etymology

From Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “learning through research”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈstɔ.rja/
• Rhymes: -ɔrja
• Hyphenation: hi‧stò‧ria

Noun

historia f (plural historie)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of storia
   • 1854, Frederick William Fairholt, The Two Gentelemen Of Verona., page 201:

     Il povero giovane Nerino non sapendo che Genobbia fusse moglie Raimondo, cominciò raccontargli l'historia riservando però il nome.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Latin

Alternative forms

• istoria, storia (Late Latin)
• hystoria (Medieval and New Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱστορία (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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hisˈto.ri.a/, [hɪs̠ˈt̪ɔriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /isˈto.ri.a/, [isˈt̪ɔːriä]

Noun

historia f (genitive historiae); first declension

1. a history
   • 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis

     An Essay Introducing the History of the Logical Doctrine of Ideas

2. an account
3. a story
4. (Medieval Latin, England) a narrative illustration, frieze or inscription (esp. on a wall)
   1. upper level, storey (esp. of a church, where a frieze would often appear); (later) a window level

      clāra historia ― a clerestory

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	historia	historiae
Genitive	historiae	historiārum
Dative	historiae	historiīs
Accusative	historiam	historiās
Ablative	historiā	historiīs
Vocative	historia	historiae

Derived terms

• historicus
• historiālis

 

Descendants

Descendants of historia in other languages

• → Albanian: histori
• → Aragonese: istoria
• → Asturian: historia, hestoria, historica
• → Basque: historia
• → Breton: istor
• → Catalan: història
• → Corsican: storia
• → Czech: historie
• → Danish: historie
• → Middle Dutch: historie
  • Dutch: historie
    • → Indonesian: histori
• → English: storey
• → Finnish: historia
• → Old French: estoire, historie
  • Anglo-Norman: estorie
    • → Middle English: storie
      • English: story
        • Sranan Tongo: tori
          • Aukan: toli
          • → Dutch: tori
        • → Welsh: stori
        • → Persian: استوری (estori)
        • → Portuguese: estória
      • Scots: story
  • French: histoire, hîtoire (obsolete)
    • Haitian Creole: istwa
  • Gallo: istoèrr
  • Norman: histouaire, histouaithe (Jersey); histouère (continental Normandy); istwer (Sark), histouère, istwer
  • → Middle English: historie
    • English: history, Hx, hx (chiefly medicine); historie (obsolete); hystory (nonstandard); hystorie (obsolete)
      • Pitcairn-Norfolk: histrei
    • Scots: history
• → Friulian: istorie, storie
• → Galician: historia
• → German: Historie
• → Hungarian: história
• → Istriot: stuoria (perhaps via Italian)
• → Old Italian: istoria
  • Italian: storia
• → Old Irish: stoir
  • Middle Irish: stair
    • Irish: stair
• → Irish: stór
• → Ladino: istoria, estoria, estorya, istorya
• → Lithuanian: istorija
• → Mirandese: stória
• → Norwegian: historie
• → Occitan: istòria
• → Piedmontese: stòria
• Old Lombard: istoria
  • Lombard: storia
• → Old Polish: historyja, istoryja (learned)
  • Polish: historia, historyja, istoryja (Middle Polish); historya (Pre-reform orthography (1816)); historja (Pre-reform orthography (1936))
    • → Kashubian: historiô
  • Silesian: historyjŏ
• → Portuguese: história
• → Old Prussian: istōrija
• → Romanian: istorie
• → Romansch: istorgia
• → Samogitian: istuorėjė
• → Sicilian: storia
  • → Maltese: storja
• → Slovak: história
• → Spanish: historia
• → Sranan Tongo: historia (learned)
• → Swahili: historia
• → Swedish: historia
• → Venetian: istoria, storia
  • → Cimbrian: stòrdja
• → Middle Welsh: ystyr
  • Welsh: ystyr
• → Yiddish: היסטאָריע (historye)

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “historia”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[3], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

• “historia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “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^[4], 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^[5], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• historien

Noun

historia m or f

1. definite feminine singular of historie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

historia f

1. definite singular of historie

Polish

Alternative forms

• historyja, istoryja (Middle Polish)
• historya (Pre-reform orthography (1816))
• historja (Pre-reform orthography (1936))

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish historyja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xisˈtɔ.rja/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrja
• Syllabification: his‧to‧ria

Noun

historia f (diminutive historyjka, related adjective historyczny, abbreviation hist.)

1. (uncountable) history (aggregate of past events)

   Synonym: dzieje

2. (uncountable) history (branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events)
3. (uncountable) history (branch of studies at university studying the past)
4. (countable) history (administrative department at a university teaching university)
5. (uncountable) history (subject in school)
6. (countable) history (lesson teaching history at school)
7. (countable) story (account of real or fictional events)

   Synonym: opowieść

8. (countable) history; story (extraordinary, exciting event)
9. (countable, computing) history (record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser)
10. (Middle Polish) historical painting or sculpture (artistic work containing content about history)

Declension

Declension of historia

	singular	plural
nominative	historia	historie
genitive	historii	historii/historyj (archaic)
dative	historii	historiom
accusative	historię	historie
instrumental	historią	historiami
locative	historii	historiach
vocative	historio	historie

Derived terms

nouns

• historia naturalna
• historyczka
• historyk
• koło historii

 

phrases

• historia zatacza koło
• historia zatoczyła koło
• urzekła mnie twoja historia

 

proverbs

• historia lubi się powtarzać

 

verbs

• przejść do historii pf, przechodzić do historii impf

 

Related terms

adjective

• ahistoryczny

 

adverb

• ahistorycznie
• historycznie

 

nouns

• ahistorycyzm
• ahistoryczność
• ahistoryzm
• historyczność

 

Descendants

• → Kashubian: historiô

Trivia

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.

Further reading

• historia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• historia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• 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
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “historya”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “historja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “historja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 48

Portuguese

Noun

historia f (plural historias)

1. Obsolete spelling of história.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˈtoɾja/ [isˈt̪o.ɾja]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾja
• Syllabification: his‧to‧ria

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).

Noun

historia f (plural historias)

1. history (the aggregate of past events)

   pasar a la historia ― to go down in history

2. history (the branch of knowledge that studies the past)

   el departamento de historia ― the History department

3. history (a set of events involving an entity)

   Synonym: historial

4. history (a record or narrative description of past events)
5. story (a sequence of real or fictional events)

   Synonyms: cuento, narración, relato

   contar una historia ― to tell a story

6. the letter H in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Hyponyms

• historia clínica
• historia de fantasmas
• historia natural
• historia universal

 

Derived terms

• de historia
• hacer historia
• historiar
• intrahistoria

 

Related terms

• historial
• histórico

 

Etymology 2

Verb

historia

1. inflection of historiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “historia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía). Doublet of tori.

Noun

historia

1. (literary) history

Adjective

historia

1. (literary) historic

Swahili

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin historia.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

historia (n class, plural historia)

1. history (aggregate of past events)

Derived terms

• mwanahistoria

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

historia c

1. history

   Hon är professor i historia. ― She is a professor of history.

   Landet har en lång historia av blodiga krig. ― The country has a long history of bloody wars.

2. A story, plot (of a work of fiction)
3. A joke or anecdote
4. An event, incident or affair.

   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).

Declension

Declension of historia 1
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	historia	historien	—	—
Genitive	historias	historiens	—	—

Declension of historia
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	historia	historien	historier	historierna
Genitive	historias	historiens	historiers	historiernas

Declension of historia
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	historia	historian	historier	historierna
Genitive	historias	historians	historiers	historiernas

("Historien" is also common for the definite for definitions 2-4. "Historian" does not appear in SAOL.)

Related terms

• arkitekturhistoria
• bakgrundshistoria
• Bellmanshistoria
• detektivhistoria
• dräkthistoria
• efterkrigshistoria
• filmhistoria
• fruntimmershistoria
• förhistoria
• historieberättare
• historieförfalskning
• historielös
• historievetenskap
• historiker
• historisk
• idé- och lärdomshistoria
• idéhistoria
• idrottshistoria
• jakthistoria
• konsthistoria
• krigshistoria
• kriminalhistoria
• kulturhistoria
• kvinnohistoria
• kyrkohistoria
• kärlekshistoria
• levnadshistoria
• lidandeshistoria
• litteraturhistoria
• livshistoria
• ljudhistoria
• lokalhistoria
• lumparhistoria
• lärdomshistoria
• medeltidshistoria
• mentalitetshistoria
• militärhistoria
• missionshistoria
• musikhistoria
• naturalhistoria
• naturhistoria
• nutidshistoria
• passionshistoria
• personhistoria
• presshistoria
• religionshistoria
• rolig historia
• rättshistoria
• rötmånadshistoria
• rövarhistoria
• samhällshistoria
• samtidshistoria
• sjukdomshistoria
• sjöfartshistoria
• skandalhistoria
• skepparhistoria
• skräckhistoria
• skvallerhistoria
• skämthistoria
• släkthistoria
• snyfthistoria
• solskenshistoria
• spionhistoria
• språkhistoria
• spökhistoria
• stilhistoria
• svärmorshistoria
• teaterhistoria
• teknikhistoria
• tillkomsthistoria
• uppkomsthistoria
• urhistoria
• utvecklingshistoria
• vandringshistoria
• vetenskapshistoria
• världshistoria

 

References

• historia in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• historia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• historia in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)