Where does “idiotfest” come from?
idiotfest (English) comes from English IDiot, from English ID, from Hindi ईद, from Persian عید, from Arabic عِيد, from Arabic محمد, from Arabic حَمَّدَ, from Arabic م.
idiotfest (English): An idiotic situation or thing
Definitions
- An idiotic situation or thing
Ancestry of “idiotfest”, step by step
idiotfest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English IDiot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | IDiot | A proponent of intelligent design |
| 2 | English | ID | Initialism of identification or identity... |
| 3 | Hindi | ईद | Eid |
| 4 | Persian | عید | feast, feast day; celebration; holiday |
| 5 | Arabic | عِيد | holiday, carnival; feast, festival; holiday,... |
| 6 | Arabic | محمد | commendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy;... |
| 7 | Arabic | حَمَّدَ | to praise, commend, laud; to praise, commend,... |
| 8 | Arabic | م | a prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix... |
| 9 | Proto-Semitic | šamaʿ- | — |