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According to the American Heritage Dictionary, it is from the Middle English, ignorant person, from Old French idiote, from Latin idiÅta, from Greek idiÅtÄ“s, private person, layman, from idios, own, private.
"idiot." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 01 Nov. 2007. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/idiot>.
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