A narrative is a text, composed in any medium, which describes a sequence of real or unreal events. It derives from the Latin verb narrare, which means "to recount" and is related to the adjective gnarus, meaning "knowing" or "skilled". (Ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root ghnu, "to know".citation needed]) The word "story" may be used as a synonym of "narrative", but can also be used to refer to the sequence of events described in a narrative.