Where does “repons” come from?
repons (Haitian Creole) comes from French réponse, from Old French response, from Old French respons, from Latin respōnsus, from Latin respondeō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
repons (Haitian Creole): answer, response
Ancestry of “repons”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | réponse | answer; response; retort, comeback |
| 2 | Old French | response | response |
| 3 | Old French | respons | — |
| 4 | Latin | respōnsus | — |
| 5 | Latin | respondeō | — |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |