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Where does “riposta” come from?

riposta (Italian) comes from Italian rispondere, from Ido respondo, from Latin respondeō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

riposta (Italian): feminine singular of riposto

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of riposto

Ancestry of “riposta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrispondereto answer, reply or respond; to correspond to; to...
2Idorespondoanswer
3Latinrespondeō—
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “riposta”

  • ripost
  • riposte
  • riposter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →