anecdote
意味
- 逸話,奇談
例文
He began his lecture with a humorous anecdote.
彼はまずユーモアのある逸話を話して講義を始めた。
Her anecdotes amuse us all.
彼女の逸話は誰にとっても面白い。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Late 17ᵗʰ c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”). Virtually identical cognates in other European languages – French anecdote, German Anekdote, Spanish anécdota, among others.