Meaning and Origin
What does the name Storey mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
- A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
From Middle English story, from Medieval Latin historia (“narrative”), from Latin, possibly from narratives painted on medieval buildings.
Alternative etymology derives Middle English story from Old French *estoree (“a thing built, building”), from estoree (“built”), feminine past participle of estorer (“to build”), from Latin instaurare (“to construct, build, erect”).
- (obsolete) A building; an edifice.
- A floor or level of a building or ship.
- For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.
- (typography) A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.
- The IPA symbol for a voiced velar stop is the single- , not the double- .