Why do they call it 1 story on a building or 13 storys high...?
Please be nice my 5 year old is asking this question..and I have to read them to him...
2006-12-13 22:48:22 · 6 answers · asked by BitchBox 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Hmm... is your son thinking of a story as in stories that are in books and told to them by parents?
I would try to explain in this way... a building has one or more levels or floors. Another name for a level or a floor is a story. You can think of it as each floor has interesting people and some furnitures and other stuff. Together, these make up a "story" on each floor.
2006-12-13 22:55:56 · answer #1 · answered by Lilliana 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
story 2 ( Brit. also storey) noun a part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level : [in combination ] a three-story building. DERIVATIVES storied ( Brit. also storeyed) adjective : [in combination ] four-storied houses.
ORIGIN late Middle English : shortening of Latin historia ‘history, story,’ a special use in Anglo-Latin, perhaps originally denoting a tier of painted windows or sculptures on the front of a building (representing a historical subject).
2006-12-13 22:52:22 · answer #2 · answered by INC0GNIT0 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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sto·ry2 /ˈstɔri, ˈstoʊri/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[stawr-ee, stohr-ee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
sto·ry2 /ˈstɔri, ˈstoʊri/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[stawr-ee, stohr-ee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ries.
1. a complete horizontal section of a building, having one continuous or practically continuous floor.
2. the set of rooms on the same floor or level of a building.
3. any major horizontal architectural division, as of a façade or the wall of a nave.
4. a layer.
Also, especially British, storey.
2006-12-13 22:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by Joe C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A story is something that never happened . But for a building u say how many storeys did world trade centre have R.I.P.
2006-12-13 22:57:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's from the latin word "historia" when painted windows and sculptures were put on the sides of buildings.
2006-12-13 22:54:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is just a word.
you will understand it someday.
2006-12-13 22:50:00 · answer #6 · answered by tenstrike 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋