mitigatory

English

Etymology tree

English mitigate

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -tōriusder.

Middle English -orie

English -ory

English mitigatory

From mitigate + -ory.

mitigatory (comparative more mitigatory, superlative most mitigatory)

reducing, lessening the effects of something, generally something painful or uncomfortable