Etymograph

English

vendition

Vendition comes from Latin venditio ‘selling, vending (act of)’, from vēndō ‘to sell, vend’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-1‘give’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃ti1‘to be giving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didō1‘to give’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdō2‘give for sale’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēndō3‘to sell, vend’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvenditio4‘selling, vending (act of)’
  7. Englishtodayvendition4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin do
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin vendo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin venditio
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English vendition

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-Wiktionary, Latin do‘give’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃tiWiktionary, Latin do‘to be giving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didōWiktionary, Latin do‘to give’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdōWiktionary, Latin vendo‘give for sale’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēndōWiktionary, Latin venditio‘to sell, vend’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvenditioWiktionary, English vendition‘selling, vending (act of)’
  7. EnglishtodayvenditionWiktionary, English vendition

The story

Latin venditio: compare French vendition.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’

date, add, addition, delicious, donate, donor, dow, donation, vendor, dowry, dowager, condone, additive, addendum, dower, rendition, endow, dati, sconce, perdition, 37 more

through Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti ‘to be giving’

dose, anecdote, antidote, dacha, 17 more

through Proto-Italic *didō ‘to give’

dative, 14 more

through Latin dō ‘give for sale’

data, die, rent, surrender, tradition, treason, render, rendezvous, venta, 14 more

through Latin vēndō ‘to sell, vend’

vent, 6 more

Today it means

noun The act of vending or selling; sale.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “vendition”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin do, Latin vendo, Latin venditio. 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- / vendition

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