If the word 'trivia' comes from the Latin for three ways, what are the three ways referred to?

Tabby Tom

'Trivium' is Latin for the meeting of three ways, a crossroads. 'Trivialis' means pertaining to crossroads or street-corners, hence commonplace, and gives us our word 'trivial'. 'Trivia' in its usual modern sense is said by the OED to be the plural of trivium, influenced by the meaning of 'trivial' In medieval universities the trivium was a course of grammar, rhetoric and logic. Jun 05 03, 5:47 PM

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