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Where does “reseller” come from?

Reseller comes from English resell, from French selle, from Latin -are, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sed- meaning to sit or settle.

reseller (English): a company or individual that purchases goods or...

Definitions

  1. a company or individual that purchases goods or...

Ancestry of “reseller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishresellTo sell again
2Englishre-again, anew; a completive or intensification of...
3Middle Englishre-—
4Old Frenchre-re-
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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