In Greek, “private” means “ιδιωτικός”, spelled something like “idioticos”. Sounds funny for me.

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    1 year ago

    Similar to the modern word villain has it’s origins in villein, a peasant villager which at a certain time resisted the transition from feudalism to early capitalism.