eş: abruti, ballot, bête, bêta, bête à bouffer du foin, bête à manger du foin
köken: From Old French idiot (cf. also the older form idiote), borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).
köken: Unknown. First attested in the 20th century. * Bruckner suggests a derivation from bucefał; supprted by Karłowicz, Sławski, and Długosz-Kurczabowa. * Bańkowksi suggests a derivation from dialectal German *Bandspfahl, from Band (“bonds”) + Pfahl (“pole”).