paenitire

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical paeniteō, moved to the fourth conjugation and made reflexive. Attested in the seventh century CE (unde se postea penitivit).[1]

Verb[edit]

paenitīre (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. (reflexive) regret, repent

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pœnĭtēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 120