English
resent
Resent comes from Old French resentir ‘to smell’, from sentir ‘to feel’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sent-‘to feel’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sentiō‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsentiōas sentīre‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400sentir‘to feel’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400resentir‘to smell’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ressentir
- Englishearliest quotation 1639resent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sent-‘to feel’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sentiō‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsentiōas sentīre‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400sentir‘to feel’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400resentir‘to smell’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ressentir
- Englishearliest quotation 1639resent
Earliest quotation: 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Fortunes of Jerusalem since the Holy Warre; and Her Pres: “But our King Henrie the ſeventh (being too good…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to feel’
through Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
senseless, insensible, antisense, 26 more
through Latin sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
sense, sensitive, sentence, consent, consensus, sensible, sensation, sensor, sentiment, sensual, sensibility, sentient, sensuous, assent, sentience, sensu, 32 more
through Old French sentir ‘to feel’
Today it means
verb To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sent- / resent