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minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIdiot is not. It comes from a Greek word for someone who doesn’t pay attention to politics.
minus-squareRisk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoA little bit of both, apparently. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot If this is correct, then it started out as a word for private citizen and then evolved in Greek to mean ignorant. Then in the 19th Century was coined as a medical term.
Idiot is not. It comes from a Greek word for someone who doesn’t pay attention to politics.
A little bit of both, apparently.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot
If this is correct, then it started out as a word for private citizen and then evolved in Greek to mean ignorant.
Then in the 19th Century was coined as a medical term.