Where does “respondency” come from?
respondency (English) comes from English respondence, from Middle French respondance, from English respond, from Old French respondre, from Ido respondo, from Latin respondeō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
respondency (English): Alternative form of respondence
Definitions
- Alternative form of respondence
Ancestry of “respondency”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | respondence | Response, answer; Correspondence, agreement |
| 2 | Middle French | respondance | — |
| 3 | English | respond | To say something in return; to answer; to reply;... |
| 4 | Old French | respondre | to reply; to respond |
| 5 | Ido | respondo | answer |
| 6 | Latin | respondeō | to reply, answer, respond |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |