Etymology

resentiment

re·sen·ti·ment
R1E1S1E1N1T1I1M3E1N1T1

Today it means: Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything. Full definition →

French ressentiment ← Old French sentir ← Latin sentiō, sentīre
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsentiō, sentīre“to feel”
  2. Old French · derived fromsentir
  3. French · derived fromressentiment
  4. English todayresentiment

From French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Doublet of resentment and ressentiment.

Words from the same roots

Frenchressentiment all →

ressentiment

Old Frenchsentir all →

scentresentmentressentiment

Latinsentiō, sentīre all →

scentressentiment

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.