I still feel mental friction when contemplating anything to do with "regression" because the word doesn't seem to capture what the technique(s) (e.g. linear, lo

I still feel mental friction when contemplating anything to do with "regression" because the word doesn't seem to capture what the technique(s) (e.g. linear, logistic) actually do. I have looked into the historical context and reason for the use of the word (the technique was first popularized in something which "regressed to the mean"), as well as its development, and it still bugs me any time.