Where does “nontrivially” come from?
nontrivially (English) comes from English trivially, from English trivial, from Latin trivialis, from Latin trivius, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
nontrivially (English): In a nontrivial manner
Ancestry of “nontrivially”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | trivially | In a trivial manner |
| 2 | English | trivial | Ignorable; of little significance or value;... |
| 3 | Latin | trivialis | common, commonplace, ordinary, trivial |
| 4 | Latin | trivius | of or belonging to crossroad temples |
| 5 | Latin | tri- | three, tri- |
| 6 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |