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English word cretin comes from Ancient Greek Χριστόν, Latin -anus, Vulgar Latin christiānus, Middle French Chrestien (Christian Christian.)
Χριστόν (Ancient Greek)
-anus (Latin)
Of or pertaining to; -ian; usually indicates a relationship of position, possession, or origin.
christiānus (Vulgar Latin)
Chrestien (Middle French)
Christian Christian.
Christus (Latin)
(Christianity) Christ (Jesus).
Χριστιανός (Ancient Greek)
christianus (Latin)
*christiānus (Vulgar Latin)
Christianus (Latin)
(substantive) a Christian person. Christian.
crestien (Middle French)
Christian (follower of the religion Christianity).
chrétien (French)
Christian Christian; follower of the Christian faith.
crestin (French)
crétin (French)
(pejorative, offensive) cretin (stupid; idiotic etc.) (pathology) cretin (someone affected by cretinism) [from 1750]. (pejorative, offensive) cretin (moron; idiot etc.) [from 1835].
cretin (English)
(by extension, pejorative) An idiot.. (pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779].