correspondent
UK[ˌkɒr.ɪˈspɒn.dənt]US[ˌkɔːr.əˈspɑːn.dənt]
n
a person who reports news from a particular country or on a particular subject for a newspaper or television or radio station
adj
similar to or the same as something else
Morpheme Breakdown
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Etymology
the word 'correspondent' originates from the medieval latin verb 'correspondere', which is a compound of the latin prefix 'cor-' (a variant of 'com-', meaning 'together') and the verb 'respondere' (meaning 'to answer'). the literal sense was 'to answer each other, to be in harmony'. this evolved into the meaning of exchanging letters, as communication involves a mutual answering. the '-ent' suffix, forming agent nouns and adjectives, was added, leading to the modern meanings of one who communicates by letter (or other media) and something that is in agreement or harmony with another.
Analysis
Structure: cor + respond + ent
cor (latin prefix, meaning 'together', 'with'), respond (latin root, from 'respondere', meaning 'to answer', 'to promise in return'), ent (latin suffix, forming agent nouns or adjectives, meaning 'one who does' or 'being in a state')
Examples
she is the newspaper's foreign correspondent based in tokyo.
the outcome was entirely correspondent with our initial predictions.
he worked as a war correspondent for several major networks.