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2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to give an answer to something said, written, or done
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Stage 1 of 2
replicare
Latin · ancient
"to fold back"
to fold back, from re- (back) and plicare (to fold)
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Stage 2 of 2
reply
English · 1300s
"to answer something said, written, or done"
settled as the English word for answering something said or written
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