English word respond comes from Latin sponsare, Latin re-, Latin re (About, regarding, with reference to.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| sponsare | Latin (lat) | |
| re- | Latin (lat) | 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 (lat) | About, regarding, with reference to. |
| respondeo, respondere | Latin (lat) | (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 (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | To reply; to respond. |
| respond | English (en) | (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. [...] |