English
compunct
Compunct comes from Latin compunctus ‘pricked, punctured’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompunctus‘pricked, punctured’
- Englishtodaycompunct
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompunctus‘pricked, punctured’
- Englishtodaycompunct
Every English word from Latin compunctus
Today it means
adj Affected with compunction; regretful, remorseful.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin compunctus / compunct