Meaning

noun a quadrilateral with no parallel sides

noun a multiple star in the constellation of Orion

noun the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals

originRecorded since 1570, learned borrowing from Late Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”). Doublet of trapeze.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0