French regretter

← Old English grǣtan (cognate)

← Old English grēotan (cognate)

← English greet (link)

← Middle French regretter (inherited)

← Old French regreter (inherited)

← Old French re (prefix)

← Old French greter (prefix)

← Proto-Germanic *grētaną (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *greutaną (derived)

← Old High German grāzan (cognate)

← Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *gʰrew- (derived)

← Old Norse gráta (cognate)

→ Seychellois Creole regrete (derived)

→ Danish græde (cognate)

→ French regrettable (affix)

→ Mauritian Creole regrete (derived)

→ Romanian regreta (borrowed)