English
anecdotard
Blend of anecdote + dotard.
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Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος ‘accounts unpublished’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
Middle Dutch doten ‘be silly’
Middle English doten ‘to be or become foolish, deranged or insane’
Middle English dotard ‘a dotard’
English dotard
Today it means
noun A garrulous old person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anecdotard