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Where does “responso” come from?

responso (Spanish) comes from Latin respōnsum, 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.

responso (Spanish): prayer for the dead; telling-off; bollocking

Definitions

  1. prayer for the dead; telling-off; bollocking

Ancestry of “responso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrespōnsum—
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
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