Where does “responsabilidade” come from?
responsabilidade (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese responsável, from French responsable, from Middle French responsable, from Old French responsable, from Latin respōnsus, from Latin respondeō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
responsabilidade (Portuguese): responsibility, responsibleness; accountability
Definitions
- responsibility, responsibleness; accountability
Ancestry of “responsabilidade”, step by step
responsabilidade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese responsável
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | responsável | responsible; liable, accountable, answerable |
| 2 | French | responsable | responsible; person in charge, manager |
| 3 | Middle French | responsable | — |
| 4 | Old French | responsable | — |
| 5 | Latin | respōnsus | replied |
| 6 | Latin | respondeō | to reply, answer, respond |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Galician responsable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | responsable | responsible, answerable |