on a same track as "pains-taking" it's interesting to learn that "resentment" as a combination of the French "re" (again) and Latin "sentir" (to feel) that resentment literally means to feel hurts from the past again, or to continue to feel them.
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Another mind-blower for you -- "re-" is not primarily about repetition. It's an intensifier in French (they often have "re-" prefixes that seem redundant) and often denotes negativity (reject, recoil, even react). I'd say the latter sense of "re-" is more dominant, though yours is there too.
jul 30, 2025, 12:51 pm • 0 0 • view