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vulgar era

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
vul-gar- era
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Common Era.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Calque of Latin aerae vulgāris (from vulgāris, from vulgus (“the common people, i.e. those who are not royalty”)), which originates at least as early as 1615, long before vulgar came to mean “crudely indecent”. Earliest English usage is from 1635 (see quotation).

Inflected Forms

the Vulgar Era (canonical)

Synonyms

Common Era

Questions

What does vulgar era mean?
Synonym of Common Era.
Where does vulgar era come from?
Calque of Latin aerae vulgāris (from vulgāris, from vulgus (“the common people, i.e. those who are not royalty”)), which originates at least as early as 1615, long before vulgar came to mean “crudely indecent”. Earliest English usage is from 1635 (see quotation).

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