Where does “trivia” come from?

trivia (Finnish) comes from Latin trivia, from Latin trivius, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trivia (Finnish): trivia

Definitions

trivia

Ancestry of “trivia”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	trivia	nominative plural of trivium; accusative plural...
2	Latin	trivius	of or belonging to crossroad temples
3	Latin	tri-	three, tri-
4	Latin	trēs	three; 3
5	Proto-Italic	trēs	three
6	Proto-Indo-European	*tréyes	—

Words derived from “trivia”

triviatieto

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →