verb
paenitīre
paenitīre
Meaning
- EarlyMedieval Latinreflexiveregret, repent
Origins
From Classical paeniteō, moved to the fourth conjugation and made reflexive. Attested in the seventh century CE (unde se postea penitivit).
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanpenedir
- Frenchpentir
- Occitanpentirfrom Old Occitan pentir
- Gasconpentir
- Gasconpendir
Italo-Romance
- Italianpentire
- Italianpentirsi
- Sicilianpèntiri
Elsewhere
- Emilianpintîres
In English words that came into English from paenitīre
- repent*repaenitīre