Where does “unregretfully” come from?
unregretfully (English) comes from English regretfully, from English regretful, from English regret, from Middle English regretten, from Old French regreter, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
unregretfully (English): In an unregretful manner; without regret
Definitions
- In an unregretful manner; without regret
Ancestry of “unregretfully”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | regretfully | In a regretful manner, with regret;... |
| 2 | English | regretful | Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets;... |
| 3 | English | regret | To feel sorry about , afterthink: to wish that a... |
| 4 | Middle English | regretten | — |
| 5 | Old French | regreter | to regret; to bewail; to lament |
| 6 | Old French | re- | re- |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |