English
anecdotage
From anecdote + -age.
A compound of anecdote + -age
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’
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Ancient Greek ἐκδίδωμι ‘I publish’
Ancient Greek ἔκδοτος ‘published’
Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος ‘accounts unpublished’
French anecdote
English anecdote
Today it means
noun Anecdotes considered as a group
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anecdotage