| 【sell】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "sellan," and "sala." It carries the basic meaning of "to sell," "give," and "sale." from PIE *sel- "(3)to take, grasp" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "sell"]
sale ****[1576] The sale of goods is the act of selling them for money.
sales **[3790] our normal or healthy selves
sell ****[248] If you sell something that you own, you let someone have it in return for money.
seller ☆[4834] A seller of a type of thing is a person or company that sells that type of thing.
[WORD ROOT]root sell
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] sell, sale
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) sellan, sala
[MEANING]root to sell, give, sale
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 sellan to give, furnish, supply, lend; surrender, give up; deliver to; promise
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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sale ★★★★[1576] noun from sale 〈 sell
【DEFINITION】 ① The sale of goods is the act of selling them for money.
② The sales of a product are the quantity of it that is sold.
③ The part of a company that deals with sales deals with selling the company's products.
【pl.】 sales
【ROOTs】 sale(sell); to sell, give, sale
【Etymology】 《Old English sala》
【DERIVATIVEs】 salable, sale, sell, sellable
sales ★★[3790] adjective from sale 〈 sell
【DEFINITION】 ① our normal or healthy selves
② The amount or value of goods and services sold.
【COMPOSITION】 sale + s
【ROOTs】 ⑴ sale(sell); to sell, give, sale ⑵ s; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English sala》
sell ★★★★[248] verb from sell
【DEFINITION】 If you sell something that you own, you let someone have it in return for money.
【Declension/Conjugation】 sold, sold, selling, sells
【SYNONYM】 prostitute
【ANTONYM】 buy
【ROOTs】 sell; sell
【Etymology】 《Old English sellan》 to give, furnish, supply, lend; surrender, give up; deliver to; promise
【First Known Meaning】 to give, furnish, supply, lend; surrender, give up; deliver to; promise
【DERIVATIVEs】 salable, sale, sell, sellable
seller ☆[4834] noun from sell
【DEFINITION】 A seller of a type of thing is a person or company that sells that type of thing.
【pl.】 sellers
【ANTONYM】 buyer
【COMPOSITION】 sell + er
【ROOTs】 ⑴ sell; sell ⑵ er; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English sellan》 to give, furnish, supply, lend; surrender, give up; deliver to; promise
Other words containing "sell"; bestseller, bestselling, resell, salable, sellable, selling
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
self
sel-, sult
see
side-, sed-, -sid-, sess-
sect
second
search
scrib
scop-, scept-, skept-
sci
