köken: Probably originally a transcription of Sanskrit मोह (moha, “folly”), used as a cant term among monks. However, Sanskrit पाक (pāka, “naïve, foolish”) is more similar phonetically and grammatically. Alternatively, may have arisen from the same root as Old Japanese 痴 (woko, modern oko, “stupidity, ridiculousness”). However, this theory is problematic phonologically, as the /b/ ↔ /w/ shift is…
köken: Etymology tree Russian идио́т (idiót)bor. Bulgarian идиот Borrowed from Russian идио́т (idiót), in turn from either French idiot or German Idiot, from Latin idiota, which finally from Ancient Greek ῐ̓δῐώτης (ĭdĭṓtēs, “private person, plebeian”).