response

Forms

1.An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
- When pushed for an answer, she gave the stock response.
2.An oracular answer.
3.A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
4.The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.

Common· #715

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *spend-

Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti

Proto-Italic *spondejō

Proto-Italic *spondeō

Latin spondeō

Latin respondeō

Latin respōnsumbor.

Old French respunsbor.

Middle English respounse

English response