Where does “stupid” come from?

stupid (Danish) comes from Latin stupidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

stupid (Danish): oafish; stupid

Definitions

  1. oafish; stupid

Ancestry of “stupid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstupidussenseless, stunned, amazed; stupid; dull
2Latin-idustending to
3Proto-Italic*-iðos—

Words derived from “stupid”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin stupidus →