correspondence
/ˌkɔːɹəˈspɒndəns/kaw-ruh-SPAHN-duhns
/ˌkɔɹəˈspɑndəns/kaw-ruh-SPAHN-duhns
Meaningthe state of answering together
Common meaning: letters
Other meanings: a close match
- corwith, together (form of con-)
- reagain; back
- spondto pledge, promiseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1745 · scan
- encenoun ending: doing, or the condition that results
‘with, together (form of con-)’ + ‘again’ + ‘to pledge, promise’ → correspondence
Journey through time
- Latinspondeō, spopondī, spōnsum‘to pledge, promise’
- Englishcorrespond‘to match’
- Englishformed in English from correspondcorrespondence‘letters’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from correspond + -ence.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CORRESPOND, p.135 · scan
Roots
- spondeō, spopondī, spōnsum Latin “to pledge, promise”
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