meliorate
English
/miːli.əɹeɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
- (intransitive) To become better.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin meliorō, melior (better).
Origin
Latin
melior
Gloss
better
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- meliorater English
- meliorator English
- meliorism English
- melior Latin
- meliorō Latin
- meliōrāre Latin
- meliōrō Latin
- mélioratif French
- mieudre Old French
- mellor Old Portuguese
- *meljōs Proto-Italic
- meyor Asturian