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[โ€“] HK65@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess the etymology of the English word imbecile comes from a Latin word meaning physically weak.

[โ€“] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Exactly. It came to mean "mentally weak."