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IDiotEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Etymology tree English intelligent English design English intelligent designinit. English ID English idiot blend English IDiot Blend of ID (“intelligent design”) + idiot.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *swéd-yo-s Proto-Hellenic *hwédios Ancient Greek ἴδιος (ídios) Ancient Greek -ώτης (-ṓtēs) Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs) Latin idiotalbor. Old French idiotebor. Middle English ydiote English idiot 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. By surface analysis, idi- + -ot.
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