Where does “vernacle” come from?
vernacle (English) comes from Latin vernāculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos.
vernacle (English): A veronica
Ancestry of “vernacle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vernāculus | — |
| 2 | Latin | -culus | Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-kelos | — |