English
vulgo
Vulgo comes from Latin vulgus ‘the public’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to throng, crowd’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-1‘to throng, crowd’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wolgos1uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvulgus2‘the public’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvulgo3
- Englishearliest quotation 1733vulgo3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin vulgus
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin vulgo
- 3 Wiktionary, English vulgo
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1733, Philip Miller, PERICLYMENUM: “PERICLYMENUM; […] Trumpet Honeyſuckle; vulgô.”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-Wiktionary, Latin vulgus‘to throng, crowd’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wolgosWiktionary, Latin vulgusuncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvulgusWiktionary, Latin vulgo‘the public’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvulgoWiktionary, English vulgo
- Englishearliest quotation 1733vulgoWiktionary, English vulgo. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1733, Philip Miller, PERICLYMENUM: “PERICLYMENUM; […] Trumpet Honeyſuckle; vulgô.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to throng, crowd’
well, walk, wall, volume, revolution, evolution, involve, valve, evolve, revolt, vault, waltz, helix, convoluted, voluminous, vagrant, vulgar, wale, gauche, convolution, iliac, ilium, vulva, involution, voluble, valise, valvular, 74 more
through Latin vulgus ‘the public’
through Latin vulgo
Today it means
adv In the vernacular; commonly known as.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “vulgo”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin vulgus, Latin vulgo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welH- / vulgo