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spondere
Latin · ancient
"to promise"
to promise, combined with re- (back)
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Stage 2 of 4
respondere
Latin · ancient
"to promise back, to answer"
to promise back, to answer, from re- and spondere
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Stage 3 of 4
responsum
Latin · ancient
"an answer"
an answer, from respondere
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response
English · 1300s
"an answer or reaction to something"
settled as the English word for an answer or reaction to something
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