Where does “regrettablement” come from?
regrettablement (French) comes from French regrettable, from French regretter, from Middle French regretter, from Old French regreter, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
regrettablement (French): regrettably
Ancestry of “regrettablement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | regrettable | unfortunate, regrettable |
| 2 | French | regretter | to regret |
| 3 | Middle French | regretter | to regret |
| 4 | Old French | regreter | to regret; to bewail; to lament |
| 5 | Old French | re- | re- |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |