Where does “respósta” come from?
respósta (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese resposta, from Old Portuguese resposta, from Old Portuguese responder, from Latin respondere, from Latin respondeo, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
respósta (Kabuverdianu): answer, response
Definitions
- answer, response
Ancestry of “respósta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | resposta | answer, response |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | resposta | — |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | responder | — |
| 4 | Latin | respondere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | respondeo | I reply, answer, respond; I measure up; I am... |
| 6 | Latin | re- | back, backwards; again; prefix added to various... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wret- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |