Where does “mitigatory” come from?
mitigatory (English) comes from English mitigate, from Latin mitigatus, from Latin mitigo, from Latin mitis, from Proto-Indo-European meyh₁- — mild, soft.
mitigatory (English): reducing, lessening the effects of something,...
Definitions
- reducing, lessening the effects of something,...
Ancestry of “mitigatory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |