idiota

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἰδιώτης“layman”
2. Latin · derived fromidiōta“idiot”
3. Spanish · borrowed fromidiota
4. English todayidiota

Borrowed from Spanish idiota, from Latin idiōta (“idiot”), from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”). Doublet of idiot. By surface analysis, idi- + -ota.