Where does “vending” come from?
Vending derives from English vend, from French vendre, from Old French vendre, from Latin vendere, meaning to sell, from Latin venum, meaning sale, from Proto-Indo-European wes-.
vending (English): present participle of vend
Definitions
- present participle of vend
Ancestry of “vending”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vend | To hawk or to peddle merchandise; To sell wares... |
| 2 | English | vendible | Salable; able to be bought, sold, or traded;... |
| 3 | Latin | vendibilis | sellable, saleable |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |