Etymology

Bregret

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Today it means: Regret about Brexit (or voting in favour of Brexit). Full definition →

English regret ← Middle English regretten ← Old French regreter
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The story

  1. Ancient GreekΒρεττᾰνός (Brettănós)
  2. Ancient GreekΒρεττανία (Brettanía)
  3. LatinBritannia
  4. Anglo-NormanBritaine
  5. Middle EnglishBritayne
  6. EnglishBritain
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Latineō
  13. Latinexeō
  14. Latinexitus
  15. Middle Englishexit
  16. Englishexit
  17. EnglishBrexit
  18. Proto-Italic*wre-
  19. Latinre-
  20. Old Frenchre-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰreh₁d-
  22. Proto-Germanic*grētaną
  23. Frankish*grātan
  24. Old French*greter
  25. Old Frenchregreter
  26. Middle Englishregretten
  27. Englishregret
  28. English todayBregret

Blend of Brexit + regret.

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