English word responsible comes from Latin spondeo, Latin re-, Latin re (About, regarding, with reference to.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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spondeo | Latin (lat) | I guarantee. I promise for another; I become security for a person, enter bail.. I promise or engage in marriage, betroth.. I promise, bind or pledge myself, contract, vow. |
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 | 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. |
responsus | Latin (lat) | |
responsable | French (fr) | Person in charge Responsible. |
responsible | English (en) | Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.. Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.. Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.. Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and [...] |