Where does “mitigar” come from?

mitigar (Catalan) comes from Latin mītigāre, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

mitigar (Catalan): to mitigate

Definitions

  1. to mitigate

Ancestry of “mitigar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmītigāre—
2Latinagōto act, to behave
3Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →