Where does “trivial” come from?

trivial (French) comes from Latin trivialis, from Latin trivius, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trivial (French): trivial; ordinary, mundane; colloquial

Definitions

  1. trivial; ordinary, mundane; colloquial

Ancestry of “trivial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrivialiscommon, commonplace, ordinary, trivial
2Latintriviusof or belonging to crossroad temples
3Latintri-three, tri-
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “trivial”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →
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