Etymology

riposte

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Today it means: A thrust given in return after parrying an attack. Full definition →

French riposte ← Italian risposta
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  1. Italian · derived fromrisposta
  2. French · borrowed fromriposte
  3. English todayriposte

From French riposte, taken from Italian risposta, a derivative of the verb rispondere (“to respond”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchriposte all →

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Italianrisposta all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.