Where does “vernacolare” come from?

vernacolare (Italian) comes from Italian vernacolo, from Latin vernāculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

vernacolare (Italian): vernacular

Definitions

  1. vernacular

Ancestry of “vernacolare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvernacolovernacular
2Latinvernāculusnative, domestic, indigenous, vernacular (originally of slaves)
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin vernāculus →