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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der.

Latin voc(ā)

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Latin -bulum

Latin vocābulum

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārium

Medieval Latin vocābulāriumlbor.

English vocabulary

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium. Doublet of vocabularium.

countable, uncountable A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
countable, uncountable The collection of words a person knows and uses. My Russian vocabulary is very limited.
countable, uncountable The stock of words used in a particular field. The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
countable, uncountable The words of a language collectively; lexis. The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.
broadly, countable, uncountable A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.