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- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰreh₁d-
- Proto-Germanic*grētaną
- Frankish*grātan
- Old French*greter
- Old Frenchregreter
- Middle Englishregretten
- Englishregret
- Englishregrettable
- English todayunregrettable
From un- + regrettable.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.