English
mitigant
Mitigant comes from Latin mitigans ‘softening, ripening, making tender’, from mītigō ‘make soft’, and ultimately from mītis ‘ripe, mature’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmītis‘ripe, mature’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmītigō‘make soft’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmitigans‘softening, ripening, making tender’
- Englishtodaymitigant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmītis‘ripe, mature’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmītigō‘make soft’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmitigans‘softening, ripening, making tender’
- Englishtodaymitigant
Every English word from Latin mītis
Today it means
adj Tending to mitigate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mītis / mitigant