Latin
compunctus
‘pricked, punctured’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin compunctus.
2 English words in this record descend from Latin compunctus, most familiar first.
- compunction ← compunccion ← compunctionem
- compunct
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Etymograph / Latin compunctus