myEtymology.com: English etymology of responsory

Etymology of the English word responsory

the English word responsory

derived from the Late Latin word responsorium (response; responsory; repetitive reply)

derived from the Latin word responsus

derived from the Latin word respondere (answer)

using the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Latin word spondere (promise, give pledge, undertaking)

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

The earliest known usage of responsory in English dates from the 15th century.

Word found in Modern English