idiot
Norwegian
noun-m1
Definitions
- (pejorative) an idiot, imbecile, fool
Etymology
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
- foolproof English
- idiota Latin
- idiōta Latin
- Idiot German
- ἰδιώτης Ancient Greek
- ἴδιος Ancient Greek
- fag Norwegian Bokmål
- fagidiot Norwegian Bokmål
- idiotsikker Norwegian Bokmål
- kraft Norwegian Bokmål
- kraftidiot Norwegian Bokmål
- krone Norwegian Bokmål
- kronidiot Norwegian Bokmål
- sikker Norwegian Bokmål
- idiot Norwegian Nynorsk
- idiot Danish
- אידיוט Hebrew (modern)
- הדיוט Hebrew (modern)