2007-03-10 19:13:40 · 9 answers · asked by ren 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I don't know who invented the word stupid but its origin is from Latin word stupidus.
2007-03-10 20:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't done proper research, but it would not surprise me if the word stupid, was invented by William Shakespear. After all, he is the first to use words such as "bump".
Check this site for a good starting point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_invented_by_Shakespeare
2007-03-11 04:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by Reg M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are two theories about that, one is Barbara bush looked at her son, and said "He looks stupid to me.". The other is whoever taught you to spell envented
2007-03-11 04:18:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it was the person who spells "invented" as "envented"!
2007-03-11 04:16:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Romans:
stupid, first documented 1541, "mentally slow," from M.Fr. stupide, from L. stupidus "amazed, confounded," lit. "struck senseless," from stupere "be stunned, amazed, confounded," from PIE *(s)tupe- "hit," from base *(s)teu-. Stupid retained its association with stupor and its overtones of "stunned by surprise, grief, etc." into mid-18c. The difference between stupid and the less opprobrious foolish roughly parallels that of Ger. töricht vs. dumm but does not exist in most European languages.
2007-03-11 04:21:20 · answer #5 · answered by Sterz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Words are not invented. Language grows over time.
2007-03-11 04:19:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By Mr/Ms Stupid.
2007-03-11 12:53:50 · answer #7 · answered by lonely ariel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We cannot say " an invented word"..
2007-03-11 05:02:33 · answer #8 · answered by sunflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupid
2007-03-11 04:21:23 · answer #9 · answered by Violetta 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋