ἰδιώτης
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a private person, one not engaged in public affairs
- (adjectival use) private, homely
- commoner, plebeian
- uneducated person, layman, amateur
- one who is not in the know, an outsider
- an ignorant person, idiot
- one who is awkward, clumsy
- (in the plural) one's countrymen
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ἴδιος (private, distinct, one's own, personal, own).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἴδιος
Gloss
private, distinct, one's own, personal, own
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- idio- English
- idiota Latin
- idiōta Latin
- Fachidiot German
- Idiot German
- Vollidiot German
- idiotensicher German
- idiota Italian
- idiot French
- идиот Russian
- idiota Spanish, Castilian
- ἕ Ancient Greek
- ἰδικός Ancient Greek
- ἴδιος Ancient Greek
- fagidiot Norwegian Bokmål
- idiot Norwegian Bokmål
- idiotsikker Norwegian Bokmål
- kraftidiot Norwegian Bokmål
- kronidiot Norwegian Bokmål
- idiota Portuguese
- fagidiot Norwegian Nynorsk
- idiot Norwegian Nynorsk
- idiotsikker Norwegian Nynorsk
- kraftidiot Norwegian Nynorsk
- kronidiot Norwegian Nynorsk
- fagidiot Danish
- idiot Danish
- kraftidiot Danish
- idiot Old French
- idiote Old French
- idioto Esperanto
- idiot Serbo-Croatian
- idiota Catalan, Valencian
- idiota Galician
- idioto Ido
- אידיוט Hebrew (modern)
- הדיוט Hebrew (modern)
- idiot Slovak