Where does “idiotstvo” come from?

idiotstvo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian idìot, from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης, from Ancient Greek ἴδιος, from Proto-Hellenic *hwédios.

idiotstvo (Serbo-Croatian): idiocy

Definitions

  1. idiocy

Ancestry of “idiotstvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianidìotidiot
2Latinidiōtaidiot, an ignorant, uneducated or illiterate person
3Ancient Greekἰδιώτηςa private person, one not engaged in public...
4Ancient Greekἴδιοςpertaining to self, that is, one's own; private;...
5Proto-Hellenic*hwédios—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *hwédios →Every word from Ancient Greek ἴδιος →Every word from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης →