Etymology

vendue

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Today it means: A public auction. Full definition →

Dutch vendu ← Norman vendue ← Old French vendre
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvēndere
  2. Old French · derived fromvendre
  3. Norman · derived fromvendue
  4. Dutch · derived fromvendu
  5. English todayvendue

From Dutch vendu and Norman vendue, from Old French vendre, from Latin vēndere.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchvendre all →

vend

Latinvēndere all →

ventvend

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.