English
resentive
From resent + -ive.
A compound of resent + -ive
Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to feel’
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Latin sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
Old French sentir ‘to feel’
Old French resentir ‘to smell’
Middle French ressentir
English resent
Today it means
adj Resentful
Sources
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Etymograph / resentive