Where does “vendress” come from?
vendress (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.
vendress (English): female equivalent of vendor; a woman or girl who...
Definitions
- female equivalent of vendor; a woman or girl who...
Ancestry of “vendress”, step by step
vendress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vendor
| 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 | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |