Etymology

nontrivial

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Today it means: Not obvious or easy to prove; not self-evident. Full definition →

English trivial ← Latin triviālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  15. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  16. Proto-Italic*tri-
  17. Latintri-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-
  19. Proto-Italic*wiā
  20. Latinvia
  21. Latintrivius
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Latintriviālis
  25. Englishtrivial
  26. English todaynontrivial

From non- + trivial.

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