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Where does “regrettest” come from?

regrettest (English) comes from English regret, from Middle English regretten, from Old French regreter, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

regrettest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “regrettest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishregretTo feel sorry about , afterthink: to wish that a...
2Middle Englishregretten—
3Old Frenchregreterto regret; to bewail; to lament
4Old Frenchre-re-
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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