Where does “stupid” come from?

Stupid comes from Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus meaning "amazed" or "stunned," formed with the Latin suffix -idus from the Proto-Indo-European root (s)tup-, which derives from (s)tew- meaning "to push" or "to strike."

stupid (English): Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality...

Definitions

  1. Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality...

Ancestry of “stupid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchstupide—
2Latinstupidussenseless, stunned, amazed; stupid; dull
3Latin-idustending to
4Proto-Italic*-iðos—

Words derived from “stupid”

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