Re: vulgar Latin?

> A speculation, but IMHO one worth taking into consideration
> prior to any trial to squeeze some nanodroplet out of the Illyrian-
> Dacian lemon. :-)
>
> e.g. what's for a number of Italians & al. Romance speakers
> COLOMBO/COLUMBO is for a number of other Italians & al. Romance
> speakers COLUMBU. (In classic Latin times in the Roman Empire
> people were MORITURI, in Romanian they are MURITORI.) Etc.

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Just speculations, but IMAO the Latin vapor, -oris 'vapor, steam' is
a proto-model of Italian vapore, French vapour, English vapor
(through French). I never read that this Latin word was written with
semivowel w, but allways with sonorizedfricative v, not even in
Clasic Latin.

e.g. Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant! Is it another nanodroplet of
the Illyrian-Dacian bitter lemon. :)

Konushevci