Where does “regrexit” come from?
regrexit (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.
regrexit (English): A feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or...
Definitions
- A feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or...
Ancestry of “regrexit”, step by step
regrexit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English regret
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | Middle English | regretten | — |
| 3 | Old French | regreter | to regret; to bewail; to lament |
| 4 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English Brexit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Brexit | To exit the European Union; To leave a romantic... |
| 2 | English | exit | An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a... |
| 3 | Latin | exit | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | exeō | to exit, depart, go forth, come forth |
| 5 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |