The word history literally comes from the Arabic word (شجرة, šajaratun) which means tree. ... The word History is near on Greek language, namely the historia, which means knowledge or clever people. Then in English history, which means the human past.

Understanding The History.
In German, the word history called geschichte, which means something has happened, something has happened in the past in the life of mankind. As according to Sartono Kartodirdjo, the history is the reconstruction of the past or events that happened in the past.

like where the origin of history in the English language.

Etymologically, the word history comes from the Arabic syajarah (syajaratun) that is a tree. In Indonesia history of can mean the genealogy, origins, history, and if made the scheme resembles a tree complete with branches, twigs, and leaves.

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