Etymology

trivia

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Today it means: Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information. Full definition →

Latin trivia
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trivia · noun, noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromtrivia
  2. English todaytrivia

PIE word *tréyes Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- Proto-Italic *wiā Latin via Latin -ius Latin trivius Latin trivia English trivia From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial.

Trivia · proper noun2

See trivia.

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