Etymograph

English

regretless

Regretless comes from Old French regreter ‘to regret’, from Proto-Germanic *grētaną ‘to weep, to cry’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- ‘to sound’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰreh₁d-‘to sound’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*grētaną‘to weep, to cry’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*grātanreconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400*greterreconstructed
  5. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400regreter‘to regret’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500regretten
  7. English1500–presentregret
  8. Englishtodayregretless

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰreh₁d-‘to sound’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*grētaną‘to weep, to cry’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*grātanreconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400*greterreconstructed
  5. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400regreter‘to regret’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500regretten
  7. English1500–presentregret
  8. Englishtodayregretless

A compound of regret + -less

Old French *greter ‘to weep’

Old French regreter ‘to lament’

Middle English regretten

English regret

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *grētaną ‘to weep, to cry’

greet, 2 more

through English regret

regrettable, 1 more

Today it means

adj Having no regrets.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- / regretless

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