English
anecdotist
From anecdote + -ist.
A compound of anecdote + -ist
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Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος ‘accounts unpublished’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 One who relates anecdotes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anecdotist