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storey

Pronunciation: /ˈstɔː.ɹɪ/

The English word “storey” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A floor or level of a building or ship.
  2. A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.
  3. A building; an edifice.

Etymology

From Middle English story, via Medieval Latin historia (“narrative, illustraton, frieze”) from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”). The current sense arose from narrative friezes on upper levels of medieval buildings, esp. churches. Doublet of story and history. An alternative etymology derives Middle English story from Old French *estoree (“a thing built, building”),…

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