paenitire

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Classical paeniteō, moved to the fourth conjugation and made reflexive. Attested in the seventh century CE (unde se postea penitivit).^[1]

Verb edit

paenitīre (Early Medieval Latin)

(reflexive) regret, repent

Derived terms edit

*repaenitīre

Descendants edit

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: pentire
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: penedir
- French: pentir
- Gascon: pentir, pendir
- Old Occitan: pentir, penedir, pendir
  - Occitan: pentir

References edit

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

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