myEtymology.com: English etymology of disrespectful

Etymology of the English word disrespectful

the English word disrespectful

derived from the English word dis-

using the Latin prefix dis-

derived from the English word respectful

derived from the English word respect

derived from the French word respect

derived from the Latin word respectus (looking back; refuge, regard)

derived from the Latin word respicere (look back at; gaze at; consider)

using the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Latin word spicere (look at, see)

derived from the Latin word specere (to look at; look at, see)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *spek-

using the English suffix -ful