Etymograph

English

idiocity

From idiocy + -ity.

Formed from idiocy + -ity

Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘self’

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Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης ‘layman’

Latin idiōta ‘idiot, an ignorant, uneducated or illiterate…’

Old French idiot ‘ignorant’

French idiotie

English idiocy

Today it means

noun Idiocy.

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

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