Where does “vulgær” come from?

vulgær (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French vulgaire, from Latin vulgāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

vulgær (Norwegian Nynorsk): vulgar

Definitions

  1. vulgar

Ancestry of “vulgær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvulgairevulgar, crude
2Latinvulgāriscommon, usual, commonly known
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “vulgær”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →