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Where does “respons” come from?

respons (Old French) comes from Latin respōnsus, from Latin respondeō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

Ancestry of “respons”, step by step

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

Words derived from “respons”

  • response
  • nonresponse
  • photoresponse
  • multiresponse
  • radioresponse
  • overresponse
  • piezoresponse
  • autoresponse
  • responseless
  • pseudoresponse
  • mechanoresponse
  • surresponse
  • レス
  • respounse
  • respons
  • response
  • response
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