- analects (n.)
- 1650s, "literary gleanings," from Latinized form of Greek analekta, literally "things chosen," neuter plural of analektos "select, choice," verbal adjective of analegein "to gather up, collect," from ana- "up" (see ana-) + legein "to gather," also "to choose words," hence "to speak" (see lecture (n.)).
- gleaning (n.)
- mid-14c., verbal noun from glean (n.). Related: Gleanings.