Etymology

bydlo

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Today it means: Someone who is backwards, lacking refinement and culture, usually a person of Slavic origin. Full definition →

Polish bydło ← Russian бы́дло
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromбы́дло“cattle”
  2. Polish · borrowed frombydło“cattle”
  3. English todaybydlo

Borrowed from Polish bydło (“cattle”) or Russian бы́дло (býdlo, “cattle”) in online culture; compare the connotative uses of redneck and sheeple.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.