Where does “vernaculous” come from?

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

vernaculous (English): vernacular; scoffing; scurrilous

Definitions

  1. vernacular; scoffing; scurrilous

Ancestry of “vernaculous”, 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 →