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- Latin · derived fromoblīviōsus“forgetful, oblivious”
- Middle English · inherited fromoblivious
- English todayoblivious
From Middle English oblivious, from Latin oblīviōsus (“forgetful, oblivious”), formed from oblīvium (“forgetfulness, oblivion”) + -ōsus (“full of, overly, prone to”), from oblīvīscor (“to forget”).
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