Other forms: storeys
A storey is one whole floor level of a building. A three-storey house, the upper storey, a multi-storey car park.
Britain spells it storey and America story, which is why a British multi-storey car park is an American parking garage. The ground floor in Britain is the first floor in America, so the counting differs by one all the way up.
1nounstoreyOne whole floor level of a building.
“They live in a three-storey house with a garden at the back.”
storey is a level.
Also accepted in games: story
Medieval Latin historia meant a picture or frieze; a row of such pictures on a building came to name the level.
Latin
instaurare — to construct, build, erect
Old French
*estoree — a thing built, building
Ancient Greek
ἱστορίᾱ — learning through research
Medieval Latin
historia — narrative, illustraton, frieze
Middle English
story
English, today
storey
Built from
From Middle English story, via Medieval Latin historia (“narrative, illustraton, frieze”) from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (“learning through research”). The current sense arose from narrative friezes on upper levels of medieval buildings, esp. churches. a doublet of story and history. An 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”), but this seems unlikely since historia already had the meaning "storey of a building" in Anglo-Latin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA