@[email protected] to [email protected] • 8 months agoF zodica signs, what's your Roman nickname?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down110
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minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝linkfedilinkEnglish11•8 months agoI guess the etymology of the English word imbecile comes from a Latin word meaning physically weak.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoExactly. It came to mean “mentally weak.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 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)