idiot

Senso (Inglese)

Frequenza

A2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɪdiət/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English idiote, ydiote, from Old French idiote (later idiot), from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”). Doublet of idiota.

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