trivia
意味
- ささいなこと,つまらないこと
例文
Today's trivia corner! Today it's about the origin of Calpis.
今日の豆知識コーナー! 今日は「カルピス」の由来について。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
PIE word *tréyes Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- Proto-Italic *wiā Latin via Latin -ius Latin trivius Latin trivia English trivia From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial.