respective English · revision 7035

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1454|origins=la respicio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɹɪˈspɛktɪv/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|respectivus|t=having regard for]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) perhaps through Middle French [[m|frm|respectif]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|respectus]], the past participle of [[m|la|respicio|alt=respicere|t=to look back at, have regard for]] (see [[respect]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Relating to, relative: about 1454 in Barnhart, the mid-15th century in Etymonline; this sense is now obsolete.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 16th and 17th centuries it meant attentive or considerate (1525), and respectful or courteous (1579), a sense very common from 1600 to 1650.^(OED 1989) The modern sense, relating to each of several separately, is from the 1640s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1454 – relative (obsolete).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1525 – attentive, careful.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1579 – respectful (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1640s – belonging to each separately.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Belonging or relating to each of two or more people or things separately: ''they returned to their respective homes''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[respectiveness]]

+ * [[respectively]]

+ * [[irrespective]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[respect]]

+ * [[respectful]]

+ * [[respectable]]

+ * [[spectacle]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}