Where does “mitigare” come from?
mitigare (Italian) comes from Latin mītigō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
mitigare (Italian): to mitigate; to soothe, relieve
Definitions
- to mitigate; to soothe, relieve
Ancestry of “mitigare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | mītigō | — |
| 2 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
Words derived from “mitigare”