Where does “alleviation” come from?
alleviation (English) comes from English alleviate, from Latin alleviatus, from Latin allevio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
alleviation (English): The act of alleviating; relief or mitigation
Definitions
- The act of alleviating; relief or mitigation
Ancestry of “alleviation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alleviate | To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty |
| 2 | Latin | alleviatus | alleviated, lifted up |
| 3 | Latin | allevio | I make light, lighten; I raise up, relieve,... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |