English
alleviator
From alleviate + -or.
A compound of alleviate + -or
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
noun That who or which alleviates.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / alleviator