Etymograph

English

responsor

Responsor comes from Latin respōnsor ‘one that answers or replies’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErespōnsor1‘one that answers or replies’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1947responsor1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English responsor
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1947, Caldwell-Clements' Tele-Tech - Volume 6: “The duplexing circuits are located between the interrogator and…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErespōnsorWiktionary, English responsor‘one that answers or replies’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1947responsorWiktionary, English responsor. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1947, Caldwell-Clements' Tele-Tech - Volume 6: “The duplexing circuits are located between the interrogator and…”

The story

First attested in the a. 1649.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Every English word from Latin respōnsor

Today it means

noun A receiver used in conjunction with an interrogator to receive and interpret signals from a transponder.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “responsor”. 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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