Where does “resposta” come from?
resposta (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese responder, 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.
Ancestry of “resposta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | responder | — |
| 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 |