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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
IDIOT.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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IDIOT,
a foolish person, one weak in intellect. (F.,—L.,—Gk.)
See Trench, Study of Words. M. E. idiot, Chaucer, C. T. 5893
(not 3893).—F. idiot, 'an ideot (sic) or naturall
fool;' Cot.—Lat. idiota, an ignorant, uneducated person.—Gk.
ἰδιώτης, a private person, hence one who is inexperienced or
uneducated. (See I Cor. xiv. 16, where the Vulgate has locum
idiotæ,
and Wyclif 'the place of an idyot.')—Gk.
ἰδιόω, I make my own.—Gk.
ἴδιο-, crude form of
ἴδιος, one's own. See
Idiom. Der.
idiot-ic, idiot-ic-al, idiot-ic-al-ly, idiot-ism ( = idiom); also idioc-y, in
Kersey's Dict., ed. 1715, formed from idiot as frequenc-y is from
frequent.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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