Where does “triflingness” come from?
triflingness (English) comes from English trifling, from English trifle, from Middle English trifle, from Old French trufle, from Occitan trufa, from Vulgar Latin tufera, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
triflingness (English): The quality of being trifling
Definitions
- The quality of being trifling
Ancestry of “triflingness”, step by step
triflingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trifling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trifling | Trivial, or of little importance; Idle or... |
| 2 | English | trifle | An English dessert made from a mixture of thick... |
| 3 | Middle English | trifle | — |
| 4 | Old French | trufle | mockery |
| 5 | Occitan | trufa | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | tufera | — |
| 7 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |