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