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spondere
Latin · ancient
"to promise"
to promise, giving rise to respondere (to answer), combined with com- (together)
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correspondere
Medieval Latin · medieval
"to answer together, to match"
to answer together, to match, from com- and respondere
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correspond
English · 1500s
"to match something closely, or to exchange letters"
settled as the English word for matching something closely, or exchanging letters
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