英语词汇responsive的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	responsive
词源	responsive adj. early 15c., "making answer, responding," from Old French responsif and directly from Late Latin responsivus "answering," from Latin respons-, past-participle stem of respondere (see respond). Meaning "responding readily to influence or action, able or inclined to respond" is from 1762. Related: Responsively; responsiveness. Entries linking to responsive respond v. "make answer, give a reply in words," c. 1300, respounden, from Anglo-French respundre, Old French respondere "respond, correspond" and directly from Latin respondere "respond, answer to, promise in return," from re- "back" (see re-) + spondere "to pledge" (see sponsor (n.)). Modern spelling and pronunciation is from c. 1600. From 17c. also "make a liturgical response." Related: Responded; responding. irresponsive adj. "not responsive, not answering," 1797, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" + responsive. unresponsive adj. 1660s, "unable to reply," from un- (1) "not" + responsive (adj.). Meaning "not responding" is from 1775. Related: Unresponsiveness. updated on July 21, 2021
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responsive adj.