Where does “palliate” come from?

Palliate comes from Latin palliatus, the past participle of palliare, derived from Latin pallium meaning a cloak or garment.

palliate (English): Cloaked; hidden, concealed; Eased; mitigated;...

Definitions

  1. Cloaked; hidden, concealed; Eased; mitigated;...

Ancestry of “palliate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpalliaten
2Latinpalliatusdressed in a pallium, cloaked; covered, protected
3Latinpalliumcloak; coverlet

Words derived from “palliate

Every word from Latin pallium