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
Ancestry of “stupid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | stupide | stupid |
| 2 | Latin | stupidus | senseless, stunned, amazed; stupid; dull |
| 3 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |