Main Entry: ³story

Variant(s): also sto·rey \ˈstȯr-ē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural stories also storeys

Etymology: Middle English storie, from Medieval Latin historia narrative, illustration, story of a building, from Latin, history, tale; probably from narrative friezes on the window level of medieval buildings

Date: 14th century

1 a : the space in a building between two adjacent floor levels or between a floor and the roof b : a set of rooms in such a space c : a unit of measure equal to the height of the story of a building <one story high>
2 : a horizontal division of a building's exterior not necessarily corresponding exactly with the stories within