Latin
paenitēns
‘regretful’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin paenitēns.
8 English words in this record descend from Latin paenitēns, most familiar first.
- penitentiary ← pēnitentiārius ← paenitentia
- penance ← penaunce ← peneance ← paenitentia
- penitent
- penitence ← paenitentia
- penitential ← paenitentiālis ← paenitentia
- impenitence ← impaenitentia ← impaenitēns
- penitente
- penitencer ← pénitencier ← pénitence ← paenitentia
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Etymograph / Latin paenitēns