respond
Synonyms:
react, rejoin, reply, rise.
Related Words:
acknowledge, answer (back), behave, come back, come in, counter, feedback, feel for, get back to, get in touch, reciprocate, retort, return, talk back.
Origin:
1350–1400; (noun) Middle English: responsory < Old French, derivative of respondre to respond < Latin respondēre to promise in return, reply, answer, equivalent to re- re- + spondēre to pledge, promise (see sponsor); (v.) < Latin respondēre. Dictionary 2: C14: from Old French respondre, from Latin rēspondēre to return like for like, from re- + spondēre to pledge; see spouse, sponsor. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Noun: 15th century. Verb: 1572. History and Etymology: Noun: Middle English respounde, literally, reply, from Anglo-French respuns, respunt response. Verb: alteration of Middle English respounden, from Anglo-French respundre, from Latin respondēre to promise in return, answer, from re- + spondēre to promise — more at spouse. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
react, rejoin, reply, rise.
Related Words:
acknowledge, answer (back), behave, come back, come in, counter, feedback, feel for, get back to, get in touch, reciprocate, retort, return, talk back.
Origin:
1350–1400; (noun) Middle English: responsory < Old French, derivative of respondre to respond < Latin respondēre to promise in return, reply, answer, equivalent to re- re- + spondēre to pledge, promise (see sponsor); (v.) < Latin respondēre. Dictionary 2: C14: from Old French respondre, from Latin rēspondēre to return like for like, from re- + spondēre to pledge; see spouse, sponsor. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Noun: 15th century. Verb: 1572. History and Etymology: Noun: Middle English respounde, literally, reply, from Anglo-French respuns, respunt response. Verb: alteration of Middle English respounden, from Anglo-French respundre, from Latin respondēre to promise in return, answer, from re- + spondēre to promise — more at spouse. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.