Etymology

regress

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Today it means: The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. Full definition →

Latin regressus
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  1. Latin · derived fromregressus
  2. English todayregress

(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”). Doublet of regressus.

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