Where does “mitigant” come from?
mitigant (English) comes from Latin mitigans, from Latin mītigō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
mitigant (English): Tending to mitigate; Something that mitigates; a...
Definitions
- Tending to mitigate; Something that mitigates; a...
Ancestry of “mitigant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mitigans | softening, ripening, making tender; mitigating,... |
| 2 | Latin | mītigō | to make soft, ripe, or tender |
| 3 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |