histórico

See also: historico

Asturian

Adjective

histórico

1. neuter of históricu

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr

Proto-Hellenic *wístōr

Ancient Greek ἵστωρ (hístōr)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía)bor.

Latin historia

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin historicusbor.

Portuguese histórico

Borrowed from Latin historicus (“historical”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɔ.ɾi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /iʃ.ˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/
• Hyphenation: his‧tó‧ri‧co

Adjective

histórico (feminine histórica, masculine plural históricos, feminine plural históricas)

1. historical (pertaining to history)
2. historic (having significance in history)

Noun

histórico m (plural históricos)

1. history (aggregate of past events)
2. (computing) history (record of previous events)

Further reading

• “histórico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin historicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˈtoɾiko/ [isˈt̪o.ɾi.ko]
• Rhymes: -oɾiko
• Syllabification: his‧tó‧ri‧co

Adjective

histórico (feminine histórica, masculine plural históricos, feminine plural históricas)

1. historical (concerning recorded history)
2. historical (in accordance with the past)
3. historic (having significance in history)

Derived terms

• ahistórico
• diccionario histórico
• ficción histórica
• históricamente
• historicidad
• lingüística histórica
• materialismo histórico
• novela histórica
• patrimonio histórico
• prehistórico
• suprahistórico

Noun

histórico m (plural históricos)

1. publication or document history

Further reading

• “histórico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025