Where does “vend” come from?
Vend comes from French vendre, from Old French vendre, from Latin vendere, derived from Latin venum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wes-.
vend (English): To hawk or to peddle merchandise; To sell wares...
Definitions
- To hawk or to peddle merchandise; To sell wares...
Ancestry of “vend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vendible | Salable; able to be bought, sold, or traded;... |
| 2 | Latin | vendibilis | sellable, saleable |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |