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.
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the latin word comes from the category of astronemy
The word 'waxing' comes from the old English word 'weaxing' meaning to grow, and 'gibbous' came from a Latin word meaning hump-backed.
Gravity, you idiot!
Duskiness is a word that can be used to describe a darkening sky.
The same word - idiot
The word idiot is not in The Bible.
The German word for Idiot is "Trottel"
Idiot is the same word, 'idiot', you just pronounce it with a long o sound and more emphasis on the o.
The Tagalog word for idiot is "bobo."
Idiot (идиот) in Russian.
The word "idiot" in French is spelled as "idiot".
The Greek word idiotes is the ancient predecessor to idiot.
idiot = lōlō
"Blinking" is a minced oath. It stands for "bloody," which until recently was as taboo in Britain as the f-word was in America
The Irish have the word amadán for a male idiot/fool and óinseach for the female.
en francais (in french): imbécile in english : idiot