Etymograph

English

venta

Venta comes from Spanish venta ‘sale’, from Latin vēndō ‘to sell’, 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’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēndita3
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentventa4‘sale’
  8. Englishtodayventa4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin do
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin vendo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Spanish venta
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English venta

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, Spanish venta‘to sell’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēnditaWiktionary, Spanish venta
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentventaWiktionary, English venta‘sale’
  8. EnglishtodayventaWiktionary, English venta

Linked words

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

date, add, addition, delicious, donate, donation, donor, dow, vendor, rendition, condone, dowry, additive, dowager, addendum, perdition, dower, endow, dati, sconce, 39 more

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

dose, anecdote, antidote, dacha, 19 more

through Proto-Italic *didō ‘to give’

dative, 16 more

through Latin dō ‘give for sale’

die, data, tradition, rent, surrender, treason, render, rendezvous, 16 more

Today it means

noun A roadside inn in Spain.

Sources

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

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