relent
English
/ɹɪˈlɛnt/
noun
Definitions
- Stay; stop; delay.
- (obsolete) A relenting.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English relenten derived from relentir derived from Latin re- (again, back, backwards, re-, prefix meaning back, back-).
Origin
Latin
re-
Gloss
again, back, backwards, re-, prefix meaning back, back-
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
後, 背
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- relenter English
- relentest English
- relenteth English
- relentless English
- relentlessly English
- relentlessness English
- relentment English
- revigorate English
- *recaptāre Latin
- *reiterāre Latin
- *repoenitere Latin
- *resaliō Latin
- lūstrum Latin
- re- Latin
- recompenso, recompensare Latin
- relentō Latin
- remōnstrō Latin
- repaenitēre Latin
- resipisco Latin
- retornare Latin
- re- Hungarian
- ra- Italian
- re- Italian
- ri- Italian
- re- French
- refrain French
- renier French
- retroussé French
- ré- French
- révérer French
- re- Spanish, Castilian
- recomendar Spanish, Castilian
- reconstruir Spanish, Castilian
- repujar Spanish, Castilian
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *wret- Proto-Indo-European
- re- Norwegian Bokmål
- recomendar Portuguese
- re- Polish
- re- Norwegian Nynorsk
- relenten Middle English
- re- Old French
- recommender Old French
- refraindre Old French
- res- Old French
- re- Esperanto
- re- Catalan, Valencian
- recomendar Galician
- refollo Galician
- relustro Galician
- răs- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ar Old Portuguese
- re- Old Portuguese
- recear Old Portuguese
- remedar Old Portuguese
- re- Occitan
- *wre Proto-Italic
- relentir xno
- reaktsiya Crimean Tatar
- reanimatsiya Crimean Tatar
- rekonstruktsiya Crimean Tatar
- repatriatsiya Crimean Tatar
- reproduktor Crimean Tatar
- racumandà Istriot
- re- Interlingua