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regretter

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regret Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English regretter From regret + -er.

  1. derived from *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English regretter From regret + -er✻
  2. derived from -āriusbor
  3. derived from *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom✻
  4. derived from regretten English regret Proto-Indo-European *-yósder
  5. derived from *greter Old French regreterbor✻
  6. derived from *grētaną Frankish *grātander✻
  7. derived from re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der
  8. derived from *wre- Latin re-der✻

Definitions

  1. One who regrets.

    • Catholics were not the only regretters of the British Government's lack of courtesy to Cardinal Lauri during his two passings through England and Wales.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA