English
gubernacular
From gubernacul(um) + -ar.
Formed from gubernaculum + -ar
Ancient Greek κυβερνάω ‘to steer, drive, pilot, to be a steersman’
Latin gubernō ‘to steer’
Latin gubernāculum ‘a helm, rudder’
English gubernaculum
Today it means
adj Relating to the gubernaculum.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gubernacular