Where does “mitigating” come from?

Mitigating comes from Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigo meaning to soften, derived from Latin mitis meaning soft or mild, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European meyh₁-.

mitigating (English): present participle of mitigate; that serves to...

Definitions

  1. present participle of mitigate; that serves to...

Ancestry of “mitigating”, 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

Words derived from “mitigating”

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