Where does “répondre” come from?
répondre (French) comes from Middle French respondre, from Old French respondre, from Ido respondo, from Latin respondeō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
répondre (French): To reply, to answer; To answer for
Definitions
- To reply, to answer; To answer for
Ancestry of “répondre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | respondre | to reply; to respond |
| 2 | Old French | respondre | to reply; to respond |
| 3 | Ido | respondo | answer |
| 4 | Latin | respondeō | — |
| 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 “répondre”