myEtymology.com: English etymology of respectful

Etymology of the English word respectful

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