Storytelling
/ˈstɔːriˌtɛlɪŋ/noun
The act or art of narrating a story.
Did you know?The second half of this word comes from Old English *tellan*, meaning to count, reckon, or recount — so storytelling was originally closer to “telling the order of events” than modern fiction.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*del-
“to recount, tell”
Old English
OE
tellan
“to count, reckon, relate, narrate”
Old English
OE
story
“an account, narrative, or historical relation”
Middle English
ME
storytelling
“the act of relating or narrating a story”
Modern English
English
storytelling
“the art or practice of telling stories”