respond

sponsare (Latin)

re- (Latin)

Again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.. Back, backwards.

re (Latin)

About, regarding, with reference to.

respondeo, respondere (Latin)

(figuratively) I measure up. (of a sound) I re-echo, resound. I am present, I appear, attend. I make a return, yield. I meet or answer (a charge). I meet, agree, accord or correspond with, conform to, answer for. I reply, answer, respond.

respondre (Old French)

To reply; to respond.

respond (English)

(architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.. A response.. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection. (ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.. (intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response. [...]