2007-03-27 05:20:03 · 6 answers · asked by zee 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
idiot is a word derived from the Greek ἰδιώτης, idiōtēs ("person lacking professional skill," "a private citizen," "individual"), from ἴδιος, idios ("private," "one's own").[1] In Latin the word idiota ("ordinary person, layman") preceded the Late Latin meaning "uneducated or ignorant person."[2] Its modern meaning and form dates back to Middle English around the year 1300, from the Old French idiote ("uneducated or ignorant person"). The related word idiocy dates to 1487 and may have been analogously modeled on the words prophet and prophecy.[3]The word has cognates in many other languages.
2007-03-31 02:41:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Origin Of The Word Idiot
2016-11-15 08:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by hodnett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Idiot is a word derived from the Greek ἰδιώτης, idiōtēs ("person lacking professional skill," "a private citizen," "individual"), from ἴδιος, idios ("private," "one's own").[1] In Latin the word idiota ("ordinary person, layman") preceded the Late Latin meaning "uneducated or ignorant person."[2] Its modern meaning and form dates back to Middle English around the year 1300, from the Old French idiote ("uneducated or ignorant person"). The related word idiocy dates to 1487 and may have been analogously modeled on the words prophet and prophecy.[3]The word has cognates in many other languages.
2007-03-27 05:57:53 · answer #3 · answered by ☆| raji |☆ says let's make life beautiful! 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From Greek-idiotes-layman, ignorant person
from idios-own
2007-03-27 22:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by where's the problem??!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The portuguese(My linguage) is derived from Greecian and has this word idiota, that means the same of English, fullish...kisses
2007-03-30 08:52:14 · answer #5 · answered by aprendiz de maga 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
will my name is elliott, and one day someone was just like dang elliott is such and idiot and wah-la
2007-03-31 02:59:23 · answer #6 · answered by xvireroca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋