Sale Definition
A town in Greater Manchester, England.
Origin of Sale
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From Middle English sale, sal, from Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle"), from Proto-Germanic *salÄ… (“house, hall"), from Proto-Indo-European *sol-, *sel- (“home, dwelling, village"). Cognate with West Frisian seal, Dutch zaal, German Saal, Swedish sal, Icelandic salur, Lithuanian sala (“village"). Related also to salon, saloon.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English sale, from Old English sala (“act of selling, sale"), from Old Norse sala (“sale"), from Proto-Germanic *salō (“delivery"), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to grab").
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English sala from Old Norse
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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