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Where does “unregretfulness” come from?

unregretfulness (English) comes from English unregretful, 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.

unregretfulness (English): The state or condition of being unregretful

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being unregretful

Ancestry of “unregretfulness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunregretfulNot regretful; having no regrets
2EnglishregretfulFull of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets;...
3EnglishregretTo feel sorry about , afterthink: to wish that a...
4Middle Englishregretten—
5Old Frenchregreterto regret; to bewail; to lament
6Old Frenchre-re-
7Latinrĕ-—
8Latinprōdūcō—
9Latinprō-—
10Proto-Italic*pro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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