The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐκδοτικός
- French · borrowed fromecdotique
- English todayecdotic
Via French ecdotique from Ancient Greek ἐκδοτικός (ekdotikós), relating to ἔκδοσις (ékdosis, literally “outgiving”) which amongst other things means “publishing”.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.