spijt.
regret
Meaning & usage
regret
Tot mijn grote spijt
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch despijt, from Old French despit (from which also English despite), from Latin despectus (“looking down on”). The first syllable de- was later rebracketed and interpreted as a definite article ("de spijt") and was then dropped.
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