Answered
/ˈæn.sərd/noun
Past tense and past participle of answer, meaning to reply or respond to a question, call, or request.
Did you know?Answer ultimately comes from Old English and is tied to the idea of speaking back in response to a charge or challenge, which is why it feels so charged even today.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wer-
“to speak, say”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*andswarō
“a reply, a response”
Old English
OE
andswarian
“to answer, reply”
Middle English
ME
answere(n)
“to reply, make a response”
Modern English
English
answered
“replied; gave a response”