According to the "Father of History", the word "history" means .
A
to inquire
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B
to research
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C
to write
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D
to draw
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Solution
The correct option is A to inquire Herodotus named his book "Histories", which in Greek means "inquiries". This refers to the inquiries that he did in order to check and verify all the data that he was writing.