vulgar
English
/ˈvʌl.ɡə/, /ˈvʌl.ɡɚ/
adj
Definitions
- Debased, uncouth, distasteful, obscene.
- (classical sense) Having to do with ordinary, common people.
- (especially) Common, usual; of the typical kind.
Etymology
Derived from Latin vulgāris (common, usual) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥k-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wl̥k-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- devulgarize English
- invulgar English
- nonvulgar English
- supravulgar English
- unvulgar English
- unvulgarize English
- unvulgarly English
- vulgarian English
- vulgarism English
- vulgarity English
- vulgarization English
- vulgarize English
- vulgarizer English
- vulgarly English
- vulgarness English
- vulgaritas Latin
- vulgariter Latin
- vulgāris Latin
- volgare Italian
- vulgaire French
- вульгарный Russian
- vulgar Spanish, Castilian
- *wl̥k- Proto-Indo-European
- vulgar Portuguese
- *velikъ Proto-Slavic
- vulgara Esperanto
- vulgar Catalan, Valencian
- vulgar Galician
- gwala Welsh
- vulgara Ido
- vuldgaithe Norman
- велик Bulgarian
- великъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- величьство Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *u̯al-g- Proto-Brythonic