respondeo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I reply, answer, respond
- (figuratively) I measure up
- I am present, I appear, attend
- I meet or answer a charge
- (of a sound) I re-echo, resound
- I meet, agree, accord or correspond with, conform to, answer for
- I make a return, yield
Etymology
Prefix from Latin spondeō (promise, I promise, engage, guarantee, promise solemnly, betroth, bond).
Origin
Latin
spondeō
Gloss
promise, I promise, engage, guarantee, promise solemnly, betroth, bond
Concept
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Speech and language
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Cognates and derived terms
- despond English
- respond English
- conspondeo Latin
- despondeo Latin
- respondeō Latin
- respondēre Latin
- spondeō Latin
- sponsio Latin
- sponsor Latin
- respondeor Old French
- respondre Old French
- répounre Norman
- rêpondre Norman
- respondre Middle French