paenitire

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Proto-Italo-Western-Romance) IPA^(key): /peneˈtire/
(Proto-Western-Romance) IPA^(key): /peneˈdiːr/, /penˈtiːr/

Verb

paenitīre (Early Medieval Latin)

(reflexive) regret, repent

Derived terms

*repaenitīre

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: pentire
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: penedir
- French: pentir
- Gascon: pentir, pendir
- Old Occitan: pentir, penedir, pendir
  - Occitan: pentir

References

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

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