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Where does “Trivialname” come from?

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

Trivialname (German): trivial name

Definitions

  1. trivial name

Ancestry of “Trivialname”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantrivialtrivial
2Frenchtrivialtrivial; ordinary, mundane; colloquial
3Latintrivialiscommon, commonplace, ordinary, trivial
4Latintriviusof or belonging to crossroad temples
5Latintri-three, tri-
6Latintrēs—
7Proto-Italictrēsthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →