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Where does “resentir” come from?

resentir (Middle French) comes from Old French resentir, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

Ancestry of “resentir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchresentirto smell
2Old Frenchre-re-
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “resentir”

  • resent
  • resentful
  • resentfully
  • unresentful
  • resentfulness
  • unresentfully
  • resenter
  • resentable
  • resenteth
  • unresentfulness
  • resentive
  • resentest
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