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How to spell history

History is spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-Y. His + tory: an O sits between the T and the R, his-to-ry.

What it means: A record of past events or occurrences.

In a sentence: I read a book about the history of dinosaurs. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: historical, historically, historian, prehistory, history-making. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “History” comes from the Greek word “historia,” which originally meant “inquiry” or “knowledge gained by investigation.” Over time, it came to mean the story of past events, which is how we use it today.

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