penitent
English
/ˈpɛnɪtənt/
adj
Definitions
- Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt.
- Doing penance.
Etymology
Derived from Latin paenitēns root from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (hurt, hate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peh₁-
Gloss
hurt, hate
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
憎
Emoji
🤕
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- impassive English
- nonpenitent English
- passionate English
- passive English
- passivity English
- patience English
- penitential English
- penitentially English
- penitently English
- repentance English
- repentant English
- repentantly English
- unpenitent English
- unpenitently English
- impaenitens Latin
- impatientia Latin
- paene Latin
- paenitentia Latin
- paeniteo Latin
- paenitere Latin
- paenitēns Latin
- passio Latin
- patiens Latin
- patientia Latin
- penitente Spanish, Castilian
- πῆμα Ancient Greek
- ἀπήμων Ancient Greek
- *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *fijandz Proto-Germanic
- *píHyati Proto-Indo-Iranian