Where does “respect” come from?
Respect comes from Middle English respect, from Old French respect, from Latin respectus, the past participle of respicere, meaning "to look back at or regard," formed from re- "back" and specere "to look," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-.
respect (English): an attitude of consideration or high regard; good...
Definitions
- an attitude of consideration or high regard; good...
Ancestry of “respect”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | respect | — |
| 2 | Old French | respect | — |
| 3 | Latin | respectus | respected; looking back; regard, consideration,... |
| 4 | Latin | respiciō | — |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “respect”