Where does “trivium” come from?

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

trivium (Latin): a crossroads or fork where three roads meet;...

Definitions

  1. a crossroads or fork where three roads meet;...

Ancestry of “trivium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintriviusof or belonging to crossroad temples
2Latintri-three, tri-
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “trivium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →