English
respondee
From respond + -ee.
A compound of respond + -ee
Proto-Indo-European *spend- ‘to libate’
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Latin respondeō ‘to reply’
Late Latin respondō
Old French respondre
Middle English respounden
English respond
Today it means
noun One who is asked to respond.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “respondee”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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