sell
English
/sɛl/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
- (ergative) To be sold.
- To promote a product or service.
- To promote a particular viewpoint.
- To betray for money.
- (slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
- (professional wrestling) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sellen derived from Old English sellan (give, give up for money) derived from Proto-Germanic *saljaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (take, grab, favorable, favourable, grasp), *selh₁- (take, grab, favorable, favourable, grasp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*selh₁-
Gloss
take, grab, favorable, favourable, grasp
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- bestseller English
- birdseller English
- bookseller English
- cross-sell English
- down English
- dramseller English
- fishseller English
- foodseller English
- fruitseller English
- handseller English
- leatherseller English
- megaseller English
- mis-sell English
- missell English
- on English
- onsell English
- out English
- outsell English
- oversell English
- overseller English
- pre English
- presell English
- printseller English
- resell English
- resellable English
- reseller English
- rumseller English
- sellability English
- sellable English
- sellback English
- selldown English
- sellee English
- seller English
- sellest English
- selleth English
- sellout English
- sellsword English
- slopseller English
- streetseller English
- supersell English
- superseller English
- sword English
- teleseller English
- toyseller English
- undersell English
- underseller English
- unsell English
- unsellability English
- unsellable English
- upsell English
- upseller English
- sallia Finnish
- sallimus Finnish
- consulo Latin
- cōnsilium Latin
- cōnsul Latin
- cōnsultō Latin
- αἱρέω Ancient Greek
- αἱρετικός Ancient Greek
- αἵρεσις Ancient Greek
- διαίρεσις Ancient Greek
- καθαιρέω Ancient Greek
- ἀναιρέω Ancient Greek
- ἀφαίρεσις Ancient Greek
- ἀφαιρέω Ancient Greek
- ἑλέπολις Ancient Greek
- ἕλωρ Ancient Greek
- *selh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *selh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *saljaną Proto-Germanic
- försälja Swedish
- sälja Swedish
- säljare Swedish
- asellan Old English
- besellan Old English
- forsellan Old English
- gesellan Old English
- sellan Old English
- sellend Old English
- ymbsellan Old English
- sellen Middle English
- seller Middle English
- selja Old Norse
- sælge Danish
- sælger Danish
- *sъlati Proto-Slavic
- selja Icelandic
- steinselja Icelandic
- αδιαίρετος Greek (modern)
- διαιρετός Greek (modern)
- sellen Old High German
- selb Old Irish
- slán Old Irish
- *salljan gmw-pro
- sallima Estonian
- *sallidak Proto-Finnic
- *selwo- Proto-Celtic
- *tosliyeti Proto-Celtic
- *tosliyeti, *-sliyeti Proto-Celtic
- sælia Old Swedish
- sell Scots
- salim Tok Pisin
- sæliæ Old Danish
- seri Sranan Tongo
- *həřřéyō Proto-Hellenic
- sellum Chinese Pidgin English
- on
- out
- pre
- down
- back
- sword
- sellee
- onsell
- unsell
- seller
- resell
- upsell
- outsell
- missell
- sellest
- presell
- sellout
- selleth
- upseller
- mis-sell
- sellable
- selldown
- reseller
- sellback
- oversell
- undersell
- toyseller
- sellsword
- supersell
- rumseller
- overseller
- resellable
- bookseller
- unsellable
- fishseller
- foodseller
- birdseller
- cross-sell
- teleseller
- megaseller
- bestseller
- handseller
- slopseller
- dramseller
- underseller
- sellability
- printseller
- fruitseller
- superseller
- streetseller
- leatherseller
- unsellability