Topic: LANGUAGES
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | vernaculus 'born in a place', from verna 'slave born in his or her owner's house' |
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ver‧nac‧u‧lar
[countable usually singular]
[countable usually singular]1SLL a form of a language that ordinary people use, especially one that is not the official language
2 a style of building, music, art etc that is suitable for ordinary people
—vernacular adjective: vernacular American speech vernacular architecture
vernacular American speechvernacular architecture