where does the word trivia come from
The ancient Romans used the word trivia to describe where one road split or forked into two roads. Trivia was formed from tri (three) and via (road) â literally meaning three roads, and in transferred use a public place and hence the meaning commonplace. The pertaining adjective is triviÄlis. The adjective trivial was adopted in Early Modern English, while the noun trivium only appears in learned usage from the 19th century, in reference to the Artes Liberales and the plural trivia in the sense of trivialities, trifles only in the 20th century.