Etymograph

English

feeble-minded

No lineage recorded yet.

A compound of feeble + mind + -ed + minded

Anglo-Norman feble

Middle English feble ‘Infirm, weak, or frail’

English feeble

Anglo-Norman feble

Middle English feble ‘Infirm, weak, or frail’

English feeble

English mind

Anglo-Norman feble

Middle English feble ‘Infirm, weak, or frail’

English feeble

English mind

English minded

Today it means

adj Weak in intellectual power; lacking firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / feeble-minded