Where does “vernāculus” come from?

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

vernāculus (Latin): native, domestic, indigenous, vernacular (originally of slaves)

Definitions

  1. native, domestic, indigenous, vernacular (originally of slaves)

Ancestry of “vernāculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
2Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “vernāculus”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →