English
alleviative
From alleviate + -ive.
A compound of alleviate + -ive
Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus ‘lightweight’
Proto-Italic *leɣʷis ‘light’
Latin levis ‘light’
Late Latin alleviō ‘to lighten’
Late Latin alleviatus ‘alleviated, lifted up’
English alleviate
Today it means
adj That alleviates pain; palliative
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / alleviative