Road_Warrior_10@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoF zodica signs, what's your Roman nickname?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down110
arrow-up1203arrow-down1imageF zodica signs, what's your Roman nickname?lemmy.worldRoad_Warrior_10@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoI guess the etymology of the English word imbecile comes from a Latin word meaning physically weak.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoExactly. It came to mean “mentally weak.”
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoRomans were not great at English I guess
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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)