Proto-Germanic
*grētaną
‘to weep, to cry’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *grētaną.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *grētaną, most familiar first.
- regret ← regretten ← regreter ← *greter ← *grātan
- greet ← greten ← grētan ← *grōtijan ← *grōtijaną
- regrettable ← regret ← regretten ← regreter ← *greter
- regretter ← regret ← regretten ← regreter ← *greter
- regretless ← regret ← regretten ← regreter ← *greter
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *grētaną