Where does “vernacle” come from?

vernacle (English) comes from Latin vernāculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

vernacle (English): A veronica

Definitions

  1. A veronica

Ancestry of “vernacle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvernāculusnative, domestic, indigenous, vernacular (originally of slaves)
2Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
3Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin vernāculus →