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- Latin · derived frompaenitentia“repentance”
- Medieval Latin · borrowed frompaenitentiālis
- English todaypenitential
From Medieval Latin paenitentiālis, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance”). Attested since the 16th century.
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.