Here’s what 24 of the most popular brand names really mean

Venmo was inspired by a dead language.

Andrew Kortina, founder of the digital-payments app, writes on Quora:

"When we were brainstorming names, one of the roots we were exploring for inspiration was the Latin, vendo/vendere, 'to sell.' As soon as we said venmo, we liked it because it was short and made for a good verb: 'Just Venmo me for dinner.'"

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