idiota
English
noun
Definitions
- (pejorative) fool or imbecile
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian idiota derived from Latin idiōta (idiot) derived from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (layman, a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, commoner, person not involved in public affairs).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἰδιώτης
Gloss
layman, a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, commoner, person not involved in public affairs
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- idiota Latin
- idiōta Latin
- Idiot German
- idiota Italian
- idiot French
- идиот Russian
- idiota Spanish, Castilian
- idiotizar Spanish, Castilian
- ἰδιώτης Ancient Greek
- ἴδιος Ancient Greek
- idiot Norwegian Bokmål
- idiota Portuguese
- idiot Norwegian Nynorsk
- idiot Danish
- idiot Old French
- idiot Serbo-Croatian
- idiota Catalan, Valencian
- idiota Galician
- אידיוט Hebrew (modern)
- הדיוט Hebrew (modern)
- idiot Slovak