Where does “undersell” come from?

Undersell is a derivative of English sell, which comes from Old French selle, from Latin sella meaning seat, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sed- meaning to sit.

undersell (English): To sell goods for a lower price than a...

Definitions

  1. To sell goods for a lower price than a...

Ancestry of “undersell”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsellTo transfer goods or provide services in exchange...
2Frenchsellesaddle; commode; excrement
3Middle Frenchsellesaddle
4Old Frenchselesaddle
5Latinsellaseat, chair; sedan chair; saddle
6Proto-Italicsedlā
7Proto-Indo-Europeansed-lo-

Words derived from “undersell

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed-lo-
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