Histórico

Histórico is a term used in Portuguese and Spanish with several related senses centered on history, past events, and records. As an adjective, it denotes relation to history, antiquity, or the past, as in "evento histórico" or "documento histórico." Its etymology traces to Latin historia, from Greek historía, reflecting its function of recording and narrating past events.

As a noun in Portuguese, "histórico" can mean the record or background of a person or process, for example "o histórico de um paciente" or "o histórico de um processo." In Spanish, the corresponding nouns for such records are usually "historial" or "historia," while "histórico" remains the adjectival form.

In everyday and scholarly use, histórico covers past events, development over time, and historiography—the study and writing of history. In professional contexts, it appears in phrases such as "histórico médico" (medical history), "archivo histórico" (historical archive), "patrimonio histórico" (historical heritage), and "histórico de transacciones" (transaction history).

In technology and data contexts, histórico describes data that logs past activity, such as "histórico de navegación" (browser history), "histórico de pedidos," or audit trails. The term coexists with related words like historia and historial, and its precise usage can vary by country and language variety.