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

  1. reducing, lessening the effects of something,...

Ancestry of “mitigatory”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyh₁- →Every word from Latin mitis →Every word from Latin mitigo →