Name for a native language, derived from a Latin word for a home-born slave (10)

I believe the answer is:

vernacular

(Other definitions for vernacular that I've seen before include "Native tongue - dialect" , "Characteristic language" , "Local-style" , "Native language" , "Everyday language" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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