Etymology of the French word anecdote

Date

The earliest known usage of anecdote in French dates from the 17th century.

Derivations in French

anecdotier, anecdotique, anecdotiser

Derivations in other languages

Romanian anecdotă

Cognates

Dutch anekdote, English anecdote, German Anekdote, Lithuanian anekdotas, Norwegian anekdote, Russian aнeкдoт, Swedish anekdot