Etymology

remord

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Today it means: To feel remorse. Full definition →

Middle English remorden ← Middle French remordre ← Latin remordeō
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  1. Latin · derived fromremordeō
  2. Middle French · derived fromremordre
  3. Middle English · inherited fromremorden
  4. English todayremord

From the Middle English remorden, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle French remordre and its etymon the Latin remordeō, from re- + mordeō; compare the Catalan remordir, remordre, the French remordre, the Italian rimordere, the Old Occitan remordre, the Portuguese remorder, and the Spanish remorder.

Words from the same roots

Latinremordeō all →

remorse

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