Where does “stupid” come from?

stupid (Romanian) comes from French stupide, from Latin stupidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

stupid (Romanian): stupid; stupidly

Definitions

  1. stupid; stupidly

Ancestry of “stupid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstupidestupid
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 →