English
regrettableness
From regrettable + -ness.
A compound of regret + -able + regrettable
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- ‘to sound’
Proto-Germanic *grētaną ‘to weep, to cry’
Frankish *grātan
Old French *greter
Old French regreter ‘to regret’
Middle English regretten
English regret
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- ‘to sound’
Proto-Germanic *grētaną ‘to weep, to cry’
Frankish *grātan
Old French *greter
Old French regreter ‘to regret’
Middle English regretten
English regret
English regrettable
Today it means
noun The quality of being regrettable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / regrettableness