Before revision: Etymology and usage The word anecdote (in Greek: ἀνέκδοτον "unpublished", literally "not given out") comes from Procopius of Caesarea, the biographer of Emperor Justinian I ().
After revision: Etymology and usage The word anecdote (in Greek: ἀninonjnnoνέκδοτον "unpublished", literally "not given out") comes from Procopius of Caesarea, the biographer of Emperor Justinian I ().