Etymologically means "locked in if same", and comes from the Greek 953; 948; 953; 969; 964; 951; 962; (idiotes, "individualistic"), which takes him from 953; 948; 953; 959; 962; (idios, "typical of a person"). In Greece it was thought that who did not participate in the political and democratic life dealing only with itself, was by selfishness and lack of education. When the term became Latin did it concemos us, since among the Romans who not stealing, I say, participated of the Republic (res publica or "public thing") was to be half lelo.