Where does “regredieren” come from?

regredieren (German) comes from Latin regredi, from Latin re-, from Proto-Indo-European wret-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Ancestry of “regredieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinregredipresent active infinitive of regredior; to go...
2Latinre-back, backwards; again; prefix added to various...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwret-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “regredieren

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