Etymology

lenify

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Today it means: To assuage or mitigate; to soften (fever/pain/effects etc.). Full definition →

Latin lēnis ← French lénifier
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The story

  1. French · derived fromlénifier
  2. Latin · derived fromlēnis“soft, mild”
  3. English todaylenify

From Latin lēnis (“soft, mild”) + -ify. Compare French lénifier. See lenition.

Words from the same roots

Latinlēnis all →

lenelenis

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.