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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
re- (Old French)
Re- (again; once more).
reconqueste (French)
*ǵʰreh₁d- (Proto-Indo-European)
*grater (Old French)
*greter (Old French)
greter (French)
greter (Old French)
*grētaną (Proto-Germanic)
To weep, to cry.
*grātan (Frankish)
To weep, mourn, lament.
regreter (Old French)
To bewail; to lament. To regret.
regretten (Middle English)
regret (English)
(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.