Where does “twidiot” come from?
twidiot (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.
twidiot (English): Someone who posts stupid remarks on the Twitter...
Definitions
- Someone who posts stupid remarks on the Twitter...
Ancestry of “twidiot”, step by step
twidiot 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- | — |
via English Twitter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | A user account belonging to the above service; To... | |
| 2 | Middle English | twitren | — |
| 3 | Old English | twiterian | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | twitwizōną | To twitter; chirp |