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Where does “palliatively” come from?

palliatively (English) comes from English palliative, from Middle French palliatif, from New Latin palliativus, from Latin palliatus, from Latin pallium — cloak; coverlet.

palliatively (English): With palliative care

Definitions

  1. With palliative care

Ancestry of “palliatively”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpalliativeServing to palliate; serving to extenuate or...
2Middle Frenchpalliatif—
3New Latinpalliativus—
4Latinpalliatusdressed in a pallium, cloaked; covered, protected
5Latinpalliumcloak; coverlet
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