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Origin and history of vendor

vendor(n.)

1590s, from late Anglo-French vendor, from vendre "to vend," from Latin vendere "to sell" (see vend). More common in legal use than vender.

also from 1590s

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vend(v.)

1620s, "be disposed of by sale;" 1650s, transitive, "dispose of by sale;" from Latin vendere "to sell, give for a bribe; praise, cry up," a contraction of venumdare "offer for sale," from venum "for sale" (see venal) + dare "to give" (from PIE root *do- "to give"). Related: Vended; vending. Vending machine is recorded from 1889.

vender(n.)

1590s, agent noun in native form from vend (v.). Compare vendor.

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