vend

vend · verb, noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromvendere
2. Old French · derived fromvendre
3. French · derived fromvendre
4. English todayvend

17th century, likely a backformation from earlier vendible, vendee, vendor inspired by the underlying French vendre, from Old French vendre, from Latin vendere, from vēnum dāre (“to give (something for) sale”).

vend · noun²

1. Old Norse · borrowed fromvend
2. English todayvend

Borrowed from Old Norse vend. Compare wynn.

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