means A feeling or attitude of admiration and regard for someone or something, and the considerate treatment that flows from it.

from From Latin respectus, 'the act of looking back,' from re- ('back') and specere ('to look') — the same specere that hides inside inspect, spectacle, and suspect. The literal sense is a backward glance: turning to look at someone again, paying them a second look. It came into English through Old French in the late Middle Ages, carrying that idea of attentive regard — to respect someone is, at root, to keep looking their way.