"to sell" in seven languages
Meaningto sell
Spanish
vender
/benˈdeɾ/
inherited
French
vendre
/vɑ̃dʁ/
inherited
Italian
vendere
/ˈvendere/
inherited
Portuguese
vender
/vẽˈdeh/
inherited
Romanian
vinde
/ˈvinde/
inherited
Catalan
vendre
/ˈbɛndɾə/
inherited
English
sell
/sɛl/
native English · Old English sellan 'to give'
English → Italianto sellvendereNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: vendor, vending machine.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VENDERE‘to sell (VĒNUM DARE 'to give for sale')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Both languages started with 'give': VENDERE is VĒNUM DARE 'give for sale', and Old English sellan just meant 'to give'. Spanish says vender with a b sound; French dropped the ending to vendre.
English relatives: vendor, vending machine
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esVenden pan recién hecho.
- frIls vendent du pain frais.
- itVendono pane fresco.
- ptEles vendem pão fresquinho.
- roVând pâine proaspătă.
- caVenen pa acabat de fer.
- enThey sell fresh bread.
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