r'gret

Norman

Alternative forms

• èrgret

Etymology

From Old French regret (“lamentation, complaint”), deverbal of regreter (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grētan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), *grēotan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew- (“to weep, be sad”).

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Noun

r'gret m (plural r'grets)

1. (Jersey) regret