Etymology

quadrivial

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Today it means: Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium. Full definition →

Latin quadriviālis
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromquadriviālis
  2. English todayquadrivial

Borrowed from Latin quadriviālis. By surface analysis, quadrivium + -al.

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