Etymology

triviata

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Today it means: A collection of trivia; a list of trivial information. Full definition →

Italian traviata
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  1. Italian · derived fromtraviata“led astray”
  2. English todaytriviata

From trivia, perhaps with a Latin nominalizing suffix -ata or -ta, or by analogy to Italian traviata (“led astray”).

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