The story
- Late Latin · borrowed frommeliōrō“make better, improve”
- English todaymeliorative
From Late Latin meliōrō (“make better, improve”) + English -ative (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
meliorative
Today it means: That meliorates; curative, improving, salutary. Full definition →
Late Latin meliōrō