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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тъщета (tŭšteta), from Proto-Slavic *tъščeta, a derivative of *tъščь (whence то́щий (tóščij)) + *-ota.

Further back, from Proto-Indo-European *tweskʷ- (desert, barren). Compare Sanskrit तुच्छ (tuccha, empty, vain), Latin tesqua (desert).

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Noun

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тщета́ (tščetáf inan (genitive тщеты́, uncountable)

  1. (literary) vanity

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