The word 'anecdote' originally came from Greek as 'anekdota'

'Anecdote' is a word borrowed from Greek 'anekdota'. The word entered the English language some time around 1686.

anecdote [noun] [1686]

A usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident

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Etymology: French, from Greek 'anekdota' unpublished items, from neuter plural of 'anekdotos' unpublished, from 'a-' + 'ekdidonai' to publish, from 'ex' out + 'didonai' to give

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