myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of rispetto

Etymology of the Italian word rispetto

the Italian word rispetto

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-

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