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Re:The Prospective Student’s Guide to Medieval Universities by bee_rider on Saturday March 18, 2023 @10:40AM (#35209478)
If trivium the source of the word trivia?
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Re:The Prospective Student’s Guide to Medieval Universities by gshubert17 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @11:00AM (#35209625)
Yes, the Latin root means "three ways", such as an intersection of foot paths where people who met would stop to exchange "trivia".
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