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Where does “mitigateth” come from?

mitigateth (English) comes from English mitigate, from Latin mitigatus, from Latin mitigo, from Latin mitis, from Proto-Indo-European meyh₁- — mild, soft.

mitigateth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “mitigateth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmitigateTo reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less...
2Latinmitigatussoftened, ripened, having been made tender;...
3LatinmitigoI make soft, ripe, or tender; I mitigate, make...
4LatinmitisMild, mellow, mature, ripe; sweet, juicy,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyh₁-mild, soft
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