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Where does “anécdota” come from?

anécdota (Spanish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erdʰ- — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

anécdota (Spanish): anecdote

Definitions

  1. anecdote

Ancestry of “anécdota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchanecdoteanecdote
2Latinanecdotanominative plural of anecdotum; accusative plural...
3Ancient Greekἀνέκδοτοςaccounts unpublished
4Ancient Greekἀν-Alternative form of ἀ- used before a vowel;...
5Ancient Greekὀρθόςstraight, upright, erect; straight forward, in a...
6Proto-Hellenicortʰwós—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃r̥dʰwós—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erdʰ-to increase, grow; upright, high
9Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “anécdota”

  • anecdótico
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