Etymology

unregretful

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Today it means: Not regretful; having no regrets. Full definition →

English regretful ← Proto-Germanic *fullaz ← Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Italic*wre-
  9. Latinre-
  10. Old Frenchre-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰreh₁d-
  12. Proto-Germanic*grētaną
  13. Frankish*grātan
  14. Old French*greter
  15. Old Frenchregreter
  16. Middle Englishregretten
  17. Englishregret
  18. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  20. Proto-Germanic*fullaz
  21. Englishregretful
  22. English todayunregretful

From un- + regretful.

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