Reconstruction:Latin/repaenitire

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ paenitīre, the latter a Late Latin variant of Classical paenitēre.

Compare the attested repoenitēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repeneˈtire/

Verb

*repaenitīre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. (reflexive) regret, repent

Reconstruction notes

The rhizotonic conjugations had */ˈɛ/, as in */se reˈpɛnetat/ > Italian si ripènta, Spanish se arrepienta.

The varying presence or absence of reflexive -si/-se in the descendants below is mainly due to different lemmatization practices.

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ripentirsi
• North Italian:
  • Old Lombard: repentirse
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: repenedir
  • Franco-Provençal: repentir
  • Old French: repentir (see there for further descendants)
  • Gascon: rependir, arrependir, arrepentir
  • Occitan: repentir
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: repentir (infl. by French)
    • ⇒ Portuguese: arrepender
    • ⇒ Galician: arrepentir
  • Old Spanish: rependirse; repentirse (infl. by French)
    • ⇒ Spanish: arrepentirse

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pœnĭtēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 120