respicere

My dictionary points out that the word "respect" has its origins in the French word respicere, meaning "to look back."

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2002

Respect is not fear and awe; it denotes, in accordance with the root of the word respicere—to look at, the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality.4

THE ART OF TALKING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL LISTEN PAUL W. SWETS 1983

Respect is not fear and awe; it denotes, in accordance with the root of the word respicere—to look at, the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality.4

THE ART OF TALKING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL LISTEN PAUL W. SWETS 1983

First, as suggested by its derivation from the Latin respicere, which means “to look back at” or

Respect Dillon, Robin S. 2007

Hunc ergo locum ineptum cùm vitare vellemus in toto nequiuimus extremitatem eius, quocunque girantes, nullus nostrorum perfecto aspectu audebat respicere quæ gerebantur ibidem, quia inuadens tremor statuebat horripilationem extrahebat, sudorem, et pudorem omnes extinguere videbantur.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

Ego autem habui in recessu meo, in quibus etiam continebatur ad omnes sibi subiectos speciale mandatum, vt me permitterent intrare, et respicere singula loca, pro meæ placito voluntatis, et mihi exponerent quorumcunque locorum mysteria distinctè et absque vllo velamine veritatis, ac me cum omni sodalitate mea benignè reciperent, et in cunctis rationalibus audirent, requisiti autem si necesse foret de ciuitate conducerent in ciuitatem.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

Et dum sedens respicerem terram, præcepit vt cleuarem vultum volens adhuc nos amplius respicere, vel fortè pro sortilegio: quia habent pro malo omine vel signo, vel pro mala Prognostica, quando aliquis sedet coram eis inclinata facie quasi tristis, maximè quum appodiat maxillam vel mentum super manum.

The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253. 2004

Sed nec propter credentes nec sapientes satis mouebor; tamen vt diuersa Dei opera qui respicere non possunt oculo, saltem legant, vel audiant ex hoc scripto.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

In superiori verò montis vertice, est Capella, quam dicunt Moysis, et illic rupis seruans adhuc corporis eius formam impressam dum se abscondit, viritus dominum respicere in facie.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

Sed nec propter credentes nec sapientes satis mouebor; tamen vt diuersa Dei opera qui respicere non possunt oculo, saltem legant, vel audiant ex hoc scripto.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003