ressentiment

The story

1. German · semantic loan fromRessentiment
2. Latin · derived fromsentiō, sentīre“to feel”
3. Old French · derived fromsentir
4. French · borrowed fromressentiment
5. English todayressentiment

Borrowed from French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”); in the second sense a semantic loan from German Ressentiment. Doublet of resentiment and resentment.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 17th–18th c. Obsolete form of resentment.
• from 19th c. A sense of resentment arising from deep-seated feelings of envy or hatred, leading the resentful one to blame it on an external agent.