Where does “amenaça” come from?
amenaça (Catalan) comes from Latin minacia, from Latin minax, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.
amenaça (Catalan): threat
Ancestry of “amenaça”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | minacia | nominative neuter plural of mināx; accusative... |
| 2 | Latin | minax | projecting, overhanging; threatening, menacing |
| 3 | Latin | minor | comparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,... |
| 4 | Latin | minae | projecting points, pinnacles, battlements,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *eksmenā | — |
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