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Where does “vulgar” come from?

vulgar (Romanian) comes from French vulgaire, from Latin vulgāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

vulgar (Romanian): vulgar

Definitions

  1. vulgar

Ancestry of “vulgar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvulgairevulgar, crude
2Latinvulgāris—
3Latin-āris—
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālis—
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →