@Road_Warrior_10@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world • 9 months agoF zodica signs, what's your Roman nickname?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down17
arrow-up1163arrow-down1imageF zodica signs, what's your Roman nickname?lemmy.world@Road_Warrior_10@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world • 9 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝linkfedilinkEnglish11•9 months agoI guess the etymology of the English word imbecile comes from a Latin word meaning physically weak.
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoExactly. It came to mean “mentally weak.”
minus-square@Mouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•9 months agoImbécillis. They’re not germy or diseased (well they might be but that’s not the only way to be weak)
Why is Imbacillis weak not dim?
I guess the etymology of the English word imbecile comes from a Latin word meaning physically weak.
Exactly. It came to mean “mentally weak.”
Romans were not great at English I guess
Lol
Imbécillis. They’re not germy or diseased
(well they might be but that’s not the only way to be weak)