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Idiot keywords

a.Comes from the Ancient Greek word – “idiṓtēs” which means “a private person”
b.The Greeks believed that everyone should be involved in government of the city (or “polis” where the word politics come from)
c.Every citizen had to attend the assembly. If they didn’t, they were marked with red paint and fined.
d.Those who didn’t were seen as foolish or ignorant.


Hi, everyone. And welcome back to our new segment. It means what? 欢迎大家回到我们的新板块【词源考古研究所】. Hi 安澜.
Hi Lulu, hi everyone.
In the segment, we will share with you some of the interesting origin stories of words and phrases in English. So what is the word for today?
Idiot.
I’m Sorry, why are you looking at me when you say that word?
No, that's the word that we're gonna be discussing today, idiot.
Idiot, 翻译成白痴、笨蛋.
Yeah.
Idiot is pretty rude, right? If you call them oh, such an idiot.
Well, it's not like a swear word or anything, but nobody likes to be called an idiot.
I would imagine idiot if it goes... even if you trace back to ancient times, it would have something to do with IQ?
No.
So it doesn't have to do with IQ?
Nothing to do with IQ whatsoever. It comes from an ancient Greek word “idiṓtēs” .
Which means？
A private person.
A private person which means he keeps to himself?
Pretty much.
就是不合群呗, a loner kind of.
Well, a loner, but somebody who just is a bit unique as well.
So not like everybody else.
That's because the ancient Greeks believe that everybody should be involved in the government of their city. Everyone had to go to the assembly, all the citizens had to take part in the government.
This strong sense of citizenship and community.
And idiṓtēs was somebody who didn't do that.
还是觉得是不合群的人.