What language did the word eclectic originate from?

Answer 1

Selecting or choosing from different sources. In an education sense, using more than one source, belief, method or possibly even textbook.

Before you begin to believe being eclectic is always good thing, pray remember the quote;

"One should not keep ones mind so open that all the brains fall out"

p.s. eclectic originates from Greek;

First attested in English in 1683, from French eclectique, from Greek eklektikos "selective," literal "picking out," from eklektos "selected," from eklegein "pick out, select," from ek "out" + legein "gather, choose" Originally a group of ancient philosophers who selected doctrines from every system rather than a single source 'The Eclectics'; broader sense is first recorded 1814.