Where does “regretfulness” come from?
regretfulness (English) comes from English regretful, from English regret, from Middle English regretten, from Old French regreter, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
regretfulness (English): The state or condition of being regretful
Definitions
- The state or condition of being regretful
Ancestry of “regretfulness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | regretful | Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets;... |
| 2 | English | regret | To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead |
| 3 | Middle English | regretten | — |
| 4 | Old French | regreter | to regret; to bewail; to lament |
| 5 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |