Where does “vulgar” come from?

vulgar (Catalan) comes from Latin vulgāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

vulgar (Catalan): vulgar

Definitions

  1. vulgar

Ancestry of “vulgar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvulgāriscommon, usual, commonly known
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →
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