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Where does “alleviative” come from?

alleviative (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.

alleviative (English): That alleviates pain; palliative; That which...

Definitions

  1. That alleviates pain; palliative; That which...

Ancestry of “alleviative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalleviateTo make less severe, as a pain or difficulty
2Latinalleviatusalleviated, lifted up
3LatinallevioI make light, lighten; I raise up, relieve,...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →