"seller, salesperson" in seven languages
Meaningseller, salesperson
Spanish
vendedor
/bendeˈdoɾ/
masc.inherited
fem.: vendedora
French
vendeur
/vɑ̃dœʁ/
masc.inherited
fem.: vendeuse
Italian
venditore
/vendiˈtore/
masc.inherited
fem.: venditrice
Portuguese
vendedor
/vẽdeˈdoh/
masc.inherited
Romanian
vânzător
/vɨnzəˈtor/
masc.inherited
Built on vinde 'to sell' (VENDERE).
Catalan
venedor
/bənəˈdo/
masc.inherited
English
seller
/ˈsɛlɚ/
native English · Old English sellan + -er
English → Italianseller, salespersonvenditoreNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: vendor, vend.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VENDITŌREM‘seller’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The agent suffix -TŌREM in three stages of wear: Italian -tore keeps it, Spanish softens it to -dor, French drops the consonant entirely (-eur).
English relatives: vendor, vend
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In a sentence
- esEl vendedor es muy amable.
- frLe vendeur est très gentil.
- itIl venditore è molto gentile.
- ptO vendedor é muito simpático.
- roVânzătorul e foarte amabil.
- caEl venedor és molt amable.
- enThe salesperson is very kind.