From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie, from Late Latin storia, an aphetic form of Latin historia ("history; story"), from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, "history"), from ῐ̔στορέω (historéō, "I inquire"), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, "one who knows, wise one"), from Proto-Hellenic *wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr ("knower, wise person"), from *weyd- ("to see"). Compare history and storey ("floor of a building").