Where does “anecdotage” come from?
anecdotage (English) comes from English anecdote, from French anecdote, from Latin anecdota, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος, from Ancient Greek ἀν-, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός, from Proto-Hellenic ortʰwós, from Proto-Indo-European h₃r̥dʰwós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
anecdotage (English): anecdotes considered as a group; garrulous old...
Definitions
- anecdotes considered as a group; garrulous old...
Ancestry of “anecdotage”, step by step
anecdotage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anecdote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anecdote | A short account of a real incident or person,... |
| 2 | French | anecdote | anecdote |
| 3 | Latin | anecdota | nominative plural of anecdotum; accusative plural... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀνέκδοτος | accounts unpublished |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀν- | Alternative form of ἀ- used before a vowel;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀρθός | straight, upright, erect; straight forward, in a... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | ortʰwós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃r̥dʰwós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
via English dotage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dotage | Decline in judgment and other cognitive... |
| 2 | Middle English | dotage | Behaviour that is stupid or ill-advised;... |
| 3 | Middle English | -age | Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship;... |
| 4 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 5 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -āticum | — |