| 【greet】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the French word(s) "grater," and "gratter." It carries the basic meaning of "greet," "weep," and "grate." from PIE *gher- "⑴to grasp, enclose; ⑵to call out; to like, want" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "greet"]
greet ***[2845] When you greet someone, you say `Hello' or shake hands with them.
regret ****[2413] If you regret something that you have done, you wish that you had not done it.
[WORD ROOT]root greet
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] greet, grate, gret
[ETYMOLOGY]root (French) grater, gratter
[MEANING]root greet, weep, grate
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Frankish】 kratton [from Proto-Germanic *krattojan]
- 【French】 grater [from Frankish *kratton] to scrape, scratch out or off; erase; destroy, pull down
- 【Old English】 grætan to weep, bewail
- 【Old English】 gretan [akin to Old English grætan, Old Norse græta] to come in contact with; attack, accost; salute, welcome
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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greet ★★★[2845] verb from greet
【DEFINITION】 When you greet someone, you say `Hello' or shake hands with them.
【Declension/Conjugation】 greeted, greeted, greeting, greets
【ROOTs】 greet; greet, weep, grate
【Etymology】 《Old English grætan》 to weep, bewail
【First Known Meaning】 to come in contact with
regret ★★★★[2413] verb from regret
【DEFINITION】 If you regret something that you have done, you wish that you had not done it.
【Declension/Conjugation】 regretted, regretted, regretting, regrets
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind, back ⑵ gret(greet); greet, weep, grate
【Etymology】 《French regrater》 [re-+-greter, *greter, *grater] 《Old French》 to lament
【First Known Meaning】 to look back with distress or sorrowful longing; to grieve for on remembering,
【DERIVATIVEs】 regretful, regretfully, regretfulness, regrettable, regrettably, regretter, regret
[Other words containing "greet"];
grate [6310] If you grate food such as cheese or carrots, you rub it over a metal tool called a grater so that the food is cut into very small pieces.
[Others]: greeter, greeting, regreet, regretful, regretfully, regretfulness, regretless, regrettable, regrettableness, regrettably, regretter
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
gray, grey
grav-
grat-, grace
graph-
grand-
gram
govern-, gubern-
good
gold
god
