English

televidiot

Blend of television + idiot.

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 A person who is obsessed with watching television.

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

Etymograph / televidiot