Etymology

triviaholic

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Today it means: A person who loves trivia (obscure or unimportant facts). Full definition →

English alcoholic ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-
  6. Proto-Italic*wiā
  7. Latinvia
  8. Latintrivius
  9. Latintrivia
  10. Englishtrivia
  11. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  12. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  13. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  14. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  15. Medieval Latinalcoho
  16. Middle Englishalcofol
  17. Englishalcohol
  18. Englishalcoholic
  19. English todaytriviaholic

From trivia + -holic.

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