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