alleviation
/əˌliviˈeɪʃən/uh-lee-vee-AY-shuhn
/əˌliviˈeɪʃən/uh-lee-vee-AY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of alleviating
Common meaning: easing of pain or trouble
- alto, towards (form of ad-)
- levlight in weight; to raiseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1054 · scan
- iatverb ending: to make or treat
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘light in weight’ → alleviation
Journey through time
- Latinlevis; levō‘light in weight’
- Englishalleviate‘to make pain or trouble lighter’
- Englishformed in English from alleviatealleviation‘easing of pain or trouble’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from alleviate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ALLEVIATE, p.16 · scan
Roots
- levis; levō Latin “light in weight; to raise”
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