myEtymology.com: French etymology of respect

Etymology of the French word respect

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-

English respect, Romanian respect

Catalan respecte, Dutch respect, English respect, French répit, German Respekt, Italian rispetto, Latin respectus, Norwegian respekt, Portuguese respeito, Provençal respieg, Spanish respecto, Swedish respekt