Where does “vendável” come from?
vendável (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese vendar, from Portuguese -ar, from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.
vendável (Portuguese): which may be sold; which sells easily or quickly
Definitions
- which may be sold; which sells easily or quickly
Ancestry of “vendável”, step by step
vendável traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese vendar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | vendar | to blindfold |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ar | forms the impersonal infinitive of... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -ar | — |
| 4 | Latin | -are | present active infinitive of -ō; -āre;... |
| 5 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |
via French vendable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vendable | sellable; saleable |
| 2 | French | -able | able |
| 3 | Middle French | -able | able |
| 4 | Old French | -able | worthy of, deserving of; -ing, creating an... |
| 5 | Latin | -ābilis | suffixed to noun to form adjectives meaning "able to have or bring, prone to have or bring, having the power to have or bring": -able |