Where does “RSVP” come from?
RSVP (French) comes from French répondez, from French répondre, from Middle French respondre, from Old French respondre, from Ido respondo, from Latin respondeō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “RSVP”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | répondez | second-person plural present indicative of... |
| 2 | French | répondre | To reply, to answer; To answer for |
| 3 | Middle French | respondre | to reply; to respond |
| 4 | Old French | respondre | to reply; to respond |
| 5 | Ido | respondo | answer |
| 6 | Latin | respondeō | — |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “RSVP”