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-‘give’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃ti‘to be giving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didō‘to give’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdō‘give for sale’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēndō‘to sell’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēndita
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentventa‘sale’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘give’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃ti‘to be giving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didō‘to give’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdō‘give for sale’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēndō‘to sell’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēndita
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentventa‘sale’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

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.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / venta