English
responsive
Responsive comes from Late Latin responsivus.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEresponsivus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600responsif
- Englishearliest quotation 1642responsive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEresponsivus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600responsif
- Englishearliest quotation 1642responsive
Earliest quotation: 1642, Jeremy Taylor: “he [the bishop] must be responsive for all his…”
Every English word from Late Latin responsivus
Today it means
adj Answering, replying or responding
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin responsivus / responsive