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Respect

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a feeling of deep admiration for someone, elicited by their qualities or achievements
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Stage 1 of 2
respicere
Latin · ancient
"to look back, to regard"
to look back, to regard, from re- (back) and specere (to look)
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Stage 2 of 2
respect
English · 1300s
"a feeling of deep admiration for someone"
settled as the English word for admiration felt toward someone
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