storey
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
storey /ˈstɔːri/ (N. Amer. also story)
▶noun (pl. storeys or stories) a part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level.
– derivatives
-storeyed (N. Amer. also -storied) adjective.
-storeyed (N. Amer. also -storied) adjective.
– origin ME: shortening of L. historia ‘history’, a special use in Anglo-Latin, perh. orig. denoting a tier of painted windows or sculptures representing a historical subject.
'storey' also found in these Oxford entries:
bungalow
- cat burglar
- clerestory
- colossal
- entresol
- floor
- hut
- level
- mezzanine
- multi-storey
- oriel
- parkade
- piano nobile
- ranch
- semi-basement
- split-level
- story
- terrapin
- town house
