storey
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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storey, story2 any of the parts one above another of which a building consists XIV; tier of columns XV. Aphetic — AL.
(h)istoria, spec. use of L.
historia HISTORY,
STORY1; perh. orig. tier of painted windows.
Hence
storeyed,
storied2 having storeys. XVII.
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