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Vernacular

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the ordinary, everyday language spoken by the people of a region or group
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Stage 1 of 2
vernaculus
Latin · ancient
"native, domestic"
domestic, native, from verna (a slave born in the master's household)
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Stage 2 of 2
vernacular
English · 1600s
"the everyday language spoken by ordinary people"
settled as the English word for the native language of a region or group
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