Where does “resent” come from?
Resent comes from Middle French ressentir, from Old French resentir, formed with the prefix re- and a root ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-.
resent (English): To feel resentment over; to consider as an...
Definitions
- To feel resentment over; to consider as an...
Ancestry of “resent”, step by step
resent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French ressentir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | ressentir | — |
| 2 | Old French | resentir | to smell |
| 3 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French ressentir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ressentir | to feel; to suffer from the effects of |
| 2 | French | sentir | to smell; to taste; to feel |
| 3 | Old French | sentir | to feel; to smell |
| 4 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |