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Routine English Words Which Have Weird Origins

Wednesday, Aug 19, 2020, 7:17 pm
By:Tony Williams


#6 Idiot



We see idiot as being a derogatory word, but in actual fact it has far nicer origins. It originally meant private before evolving into the word meaning layman or ignorant person before than being transformed yet again after it passed through French to simply mean ignorant.


Idiot-Routine English Words Which Have Weird Origins
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