English
idioto
From idiot + -o.
Formed from idiot + -o
Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘self’
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Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης ‘a private citizen’
Latin idiota ‘idiot’
Old French idiote
Middle English idiote
English idiot
Today it means
noun An idiot.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / idioto