adespota

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1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀδέσποτος“anonymous”
2. New Latin · borrowed fromadespota“anonymous literary works”
3. English todayadespota

From New Latin adespota (“anonymous literary works”), substantivised neuter plural of the adjective adespotos (“anonymous; undedicated”, of books), from Ancient Greek ἀδέσποτος (adéspotos, “anonymous”, of rumours or writings), from ἀ- (a-, “without”, alpha privative) + δεσπότης (despótēs, “master”). Compare despot.