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Where does “bedlamite” come from?

bedlamite (English) comes from English Bedlam, from Latin Bethlem.

bedlamite (English): A lunatic

Definitions

  1. A lunatic

Ancestry of “bedlamite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBedlam—
2LatinBethlem—
Every word from Latin Bethlem →