Where did the domestic fool come from Photo: Illustrators.ru The word "fool" in the Russian language is primordial. In Russian dialects, the word fool has been preserved, which means an eclipse, fever, whip, extravagance. But its history can be found out only if we “go down” to the Indo -European level, focusing on languages that are in close and distant kinship with the Russian. Ultimately, the word of the fool turns out to be a related verb to blow, that is, to inflate.