Where the Romanian word “idiot” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Din fr. idiot.
→ French · DEX '96 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Din fr. idiot.
→ French · DEX '96 - Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French idiot ← Latin idiōta ← Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης
- In film dialogue
- 153 times per million words · number 554 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 1.9 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 4.9 2.0 10 14 16 - Swap in a synonym
- tâmpit (Made in Romanian), cretin (French), imbecil (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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