Etymology

triviality

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Today it means: The quality of being trivial or unimportant. Full definition →

English trivial ← Latin triviālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Latintriviālis
  12. Englishtrivial
  13. English todaytriviality

From trivial + -ity.

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