Cue sports is historically called billiards.
I love to play pool although I'm not very skilled at it. How did this sport originate?
I'm not sure. Although that name is a generic label for all cue games. I'm like you and refer to it normally as pool.
Can you tell me more about cue games in general?
In British and Australia, billards usually refers to the english game of billiards. For Americans it's more a particular game or class of games.
Does billiards specifically refer to "pool" as we Americans call it?
In those parts of the world yes. Its also sometimes called cuesports.
What part of the world?