Where does “mitigate” come from?

Mitigate derives from Latin mitigatus, the past participle of mitigo meaning "to soften," from mitis meaning "mild" or "soft," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European meyh₁-.

mitigate (English): To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less...

Definitions

  1. To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less...

Ancestry of “mitigate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmitigatussoftened, ripened, having been made tender;...
2LatinmitigoI make soft, ripe, or tender; I mitigate, make...
3LatinmitisMild, mellow, mature, ripe; sweet, juicy,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyh₁-mild, soft

Words derived from “mitigate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyh₁- →Every word from Latin mitis →Every word from Latin mitigo →