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

present participle of mitigate; that serves to...

Ancestry of “mitigating”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	mitigate	To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less...
2	Latin	mitigatus	softened, ripened, having been made tender;...
3	Latin	mitigo	I make soft, ripe, or tender; I mitigate, make...
4	Latin	mitis	Mild, mellow, mature, ripe; sweet, juicy,...
5	Proto-Indo-European	meyh₁-	mild, soft

Words derived from “mitigating”

mitigatingly

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