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Where does “ανέκδοτο” come from?

ανέκδοτο (Greek) comes from Greek ανέκδοτος, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος, from Ancient Greek ἀν-, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός, from Proto-Hellenic ortʰwós, from Proto-Indo-European h₃r̥dʰwós, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

ανέκδοτο (Greek): anecdote, a short, entertaining account of an...

Definitions

  1. anecdote, a short, entertaining account of an...

Ancestry of “ανέκδοτο”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekανέκδοτοςunpublished
2Ancient Greekἀνέκδοτοςaccounts unpublished
3Ancient Greekἀν-Alternative form of ἀ- used before a vowel;...
4Ancient Greekὀρθόςstraight, upright, erect; straight forward, in a...
5Proto-Hellenicortʰwós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃r̥dʰwós—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erdʰ-to increase, grow; upright, high
8Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “ανέκδοτο”

  • ανεκδοτογράφος
  • ανεκδοτογραφικός
  • ανεκδοτογραφία
  • ανεκδοτολογία
  • ανεκδοτολογικός
  • ανεκδοτολογικά
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