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Etymology of the Latin word respondere

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-

Derivations in Latin

correspondere, responsus, responsum, respondens, responsio, responsivus

Derivations in other languages

French respondre, French répondre, French respond, Italian rispondere, Portuguese responder, Spanish responder

Cognates

English respond, Italian rispondere



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