EE Talking point — history
An allegorical mosaic representing History, by the German American portrait and figure painter Frederick Dielman (1847–1935). Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building (House Members Room), Washington, D.C. Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith (1946–).
History — from the Greek ἱστορία, historia: "a learning or knowing by inquiry, an account of one's inquiries . . . ." (OED, 2nd edition. Oxford: 1989).
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