Where does “vulgärsprachlich” come from?
vulgärsprachlich (German) comes from German vulgär, from French vulgaire, from Latin vulgāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.
vulgärsprachlich (German): vulgar
Definitions
- vulgar
Ancestry of “vulgärsprachlich”, step by step
vulgärsprachlich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German vulgär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | vulgär | vulgar |
| 2 | French | vulgaire | vulgar, crude |
| 3 | Latin | vulgāris | common, usual, commonly known |
| 4 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 5 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
via German sprachlich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sprachlich | linguistic, language |
| 2 | German | -lich | an adjectival suffix; an adverbial suffix |
| 3 | Middle High German | -lich | -ly |
| 4 | Old High German | -līh | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |