anecdote
‘things unpublished’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. anecdot < F. anecdote < Med.Lat. anecdota < Gk. anekdota ‘things unpublished’ < an ‘not, without’ + ekdotos ‘published’ < an < ne- < Tamil al
anecdote
English words derived from Tamil al connoting 'negation'