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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

  1. Alternative form of respondence

Ancestry of “respondency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrespondenceResponse, answer; Correspondence, agreement
2Middle Frenchrespondance—
3EnglishrespondTo say something in return; to answer; to reply;...
4Old Frenchrespondreto reply; to respond
5Idorespondoanswer
6Latinrespondeō—
7Latinrĕ-—
8Latinprōdūcō—
9Latinprō-—
10Proto-Italic*pro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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