February
14

Word of the Day: Trivium

Posted In: Word Geek by Andy at 9:51 am

The word trivium comes from the Latin prefix tri meaning “three,” and the Latin root via meaning “way,” or “road.” The word literally means “the three-fold way or road.”

In medieval schools, the trivium was the beginning of the liberal arts since it consisted of the three subjects taught first: logic, grammer and rhetoric. The English word  of trivial derives from the fact that the trivium contained the least complicated studies.

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