No Matter How You Say It: Respect
In Other Languages
Spanish – respeto
French – respect
German – respektieren
Italian – rispetto
Danish – respekt
Hawaiian – mahalo
Welsh – parch
Word Origin
The word Respect is from Old French respect and directly from Latin respects meaning “regard, a looking at,” literally “act of looking back (or often) at one.”
Can you see how Respect is regarding others?
Sign Language
Can you see how Respect is going toward another, and Disrespectful breaks that connection?
Respect Idioms
Take your hat off, Tip of the hat, Hats off to
Think the World of
With all due respect
Kowtow
Look up to
Kiss the ring
Defer to someone
Know your place
Show some respect, Have some respect