English word regret comes from Old French (842-ca. 1400) re- (Re- (again; once more).), French reconqueste, Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-, Old French (842-ca. 1400) *grater, Old French (842-ca. 1400) *greter, French greter, Old French (842-ca. 1400) greter
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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re- | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Re- (again; once more). |
reconqueste | French (fr) | |
*ǵʰreh₁d- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*grater | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
*greter | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
greter | French (fr) | |
greter | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
*grētaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To weep, to cry. |
*grātan | Frankish (frk) | To weep, mourn, lament. |
regreter | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | To bewail; to lament. To regret. |
regretten | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
regret | English (en) | (obsolete) Dislike; aversion.. Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing. (more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).. To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. |