The Meaning Of "Silly"

• In Old English, sæd, meant full.
• In German, satt, still means full.
• In Latin, satis, meant enough.
• By the 14th century, sad meant firm and resolute thus developing the seriousness of the word.
• In the modern era, sad now means that "one is in sorrow" or so...

• The word is an Old English word that meant swift or active.
• By the 15th century, the word had emerged many different meanings ranging from being handsome to someone who is skillful. Expressions such as "tall of hand" and "tall of tongue" also arose which meant that this person was ...

One theory is that an Italian film producer, Federico Fellini, modelled a film after Secchiarioli, calling him Paparazzo because the word reminded him of a buzzing insect that is always hovering, darting, stinging. The film La Dolce Vita came out in 1960 and meant "the sweet life."