English
vendible
Vendible comes from Latin vendibilis ‘sellable, saleable, for sale’, from vēndō ‘to sell’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-1‘give’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃ti1‘to be giving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didō1‘to give’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdō2‘give for sale’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēndō3as vendere‘to sell’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvendibilis3‘sellable, saleable, for sale’
- Englishearliest quotation 1625vendible3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin do
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin vendo
- 3 Wiktionary, English vendible
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles: “the regulating of prices of things vendible”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-Wiktionary, Latin do‘give’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃tiWiktionary, Latin do‘to be giving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didōWiktionary, Latin do‘to give’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdōWiktionary, Latin vendo‘give for sale’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēndōWiktionary, English vendibleas vendere‘to sell’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvendibilisWiktionary, English vendible‘sellable, saleable, for sale’
- Englishearliest quotation 1625vendibleWiktionary, English vendible. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles: “the regulating of prices of things vendible”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’
date, add, addition, delicious, donate, donation, donor, dow, vendor, dowry, additive, condone, rendition, dowager, addendum, dower, perdition, dati, sconce, endow, 37 more
through Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti ‘to be giving’
dose, antidote, anecdote, dacha, 17 more
through Proto-Italic *didō ‘to give’
through Latin dō ‘give for sale’
data, die, rent, tradition, treason, surrender, render, rendezvous, venta, 14 more
through Latin vēndō ‘to sell’
Today it means
adj Salable; able to be bought, sold, or traded.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “vendible”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin do, Latin vendo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / vendible