anecdote
/ˈænəkˌdəʊt/A-nuhk-doht
/ˈænəkˌdoʊt/A-nuhk-doht
Meaningsomething not given out; unpublished
Common meaning: a short personal story
- annot, without (Greek ἀ-/ἀν-)Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. · scan
- ecGreek ek-: out of
- dota giving; a portion givenLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 210 · scan
‘not, without (Greek ἀ-/ἀν-)’ + ‘out of’ + ‘a giving’ → anecdote
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek δόσις; δίδωμι ‘a giving; a portion given’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry δόσις, p. 210 · dictionary scan
Roots
- δόσις; δίδωμι Greek “a giving; a portion given”
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