triste

The story

1. Latin · derived fromtrīstis“sad, sorrowful”
2. Old French · derived fromtrist
3. Middle English · inherited fromtrist
4. English todaytriste

Inherited from Middle English trist, triste (-e form is less common), borrowed from Old French trist, triste, from Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”). Re-borrowed late 18c. (as “dull, uninteresting”) as a French word in English and often spelled triste.