anecdotum

Etymology
Back-formation from, reinterpreting the nominative neuter plural case ending as a  case ending (singular: ), rather than (as is etymologically-consistent) as an  case ending (singular: , from ); perhaps reinforced by.

Noun

 * 1) * 1965, David Roy Shackleton Bailey, Cicero’s Letters to Atticus, 371 (xiv. 17) — Pompeii, 3 May 44 — cicero to atticus: ¶ 6, page 49 〃 (University Press)
 * I have not yet quite polished that anecdotum of mine to my satisfaction.
 * 1) * 1965, David Roy Shackleton Bailey, Cicero’s Letters to Atticus, 371 (xiv. 17) — Pompeii, 3 May 44 — cicero to atticus: ¶ 6, page 49 〃 (University Press)
 * I have not yet quite polished that anecdotum of mine to my satisfaction.

Etymology
From, from (English an-) + , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) a short story or narrative, anecdote