responder

/ɹɪˈspɒndə/rih-SPAHN-dur

/ɹɪˈspɑndɚ/rih-SPAHN-dur

Meaninga person or thing that responds

Common meaning: a person or thing that responds (inferred)

reagain; back
spondto pledge, promiseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1745 · scan
eragent ending: one who

‘again’ + ‘to pledge, promise’ → responder

Journey through time

Latinspondeō, spopondī, spōnsum‘to pledge, promise’
Old Frenchrespondresource
Englishrespond‘to answer’
Englishformed in English from respondresponder‘a person or thing that responds (inferred)’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: a person or thing that responds. It can be inferred from any of: respond.

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 respond + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Roots

spondeō, spopondī, spōnsum Latin “to pledge, promise”

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