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==Origin==
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''ydiote'', from [[Latin]] ''idiota'' [[ignorant]] person, from [[Greek]] ''idiōtēs'' one in a private station, layman, ignorant person, from ''idios'' one's own, private; akin to Latin ''suus'' one's own
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''ydiote'', from [[Latin]] ''idiota'' [[ignorant]] person, from [[Greek]] ''idiōtēs'' one in a private station, layman, ignorant person, from ''idios'' one's own, private; akin to Latin ''suus'' one's own
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
'''Idiot''' as a word derived from the [[Greek]] ἰδιώτης, idiōtēs ("person lacking [[professional]] [[skill]]", "a private citizen", "[[individual]]"), from ἴδιος, idios ("private", "one's own"). In [[Latin]] the word idiota ("ordinary person, layman") preceded the Late Latin meaning "uneducated or [[ignorant]] person". Its [[modern]] [[meaning]] and form dates back to Middle English around the year 1300, from the Old French ''idiote'' ("uneducated or ignorant person"). The related word ''idiocy'' dates to 1487 and may have been [[analogously]] modeled on the words [[prophet]] and [[prophecy]]. The word has cognates in many other languages.
'''Idiot''' as a word derived from the [[Greek]] ἰδιώτης, idiōtēs ("person lacking [[professional]] [[skill]]", "a private citizen", "[[individual]]"), from ἴδιος, idios ("private", "one's own"). In [[Latin]] the word idiota ("ordinary person, layman") preceded the Late Latin meaning "uneducated or [[ignorant]] person". Its [[modern]] [[meaning]] and form dates back to Middle English around the year 1300, from the Old French ''idiote'' ("uneducated or ignorant person"). The related word ''idiocy'' dates to 1487 and may have been [[analogously]] modeled on the words [[prophet]] and [[prophecy]]. The word has cognates in many other languages.
