Where does “newsvendor” come from?
newsvendor (English) comes from English vendor, from Anglo-Norman vendor, from Latin venditor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
newsvendor (English): A person who runs a newsstand selling newspapers,...
Definitions
- A person who runs a newsstand selling newspapers,...
Ancestry of “newsvendor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | vendor | A person or a company that vends or sells; A... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | vendor | — |
| 3 | Latin | venditor | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |