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spondere
Latin · ancient
"to promise, to pledge"
to promise, to pledge, combined with re- (back)
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respondere
Latin · ancient
"to promise back, to answer"
to promise back, to answer, from re- and spondere
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respondre
Old French · medieval
"to answer a question or request"
carried into French for answering a question or request
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respond
English · 1300s
"to answer or react to something"
settled as the English word for answering or reacting to something
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