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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

Definitions

  1. threat

Ancestry of “amenaça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminacianominative neuter plural of mināx; accusative...
2Latinminaxprojecting, overhanging; threatening, menacing
3Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
4Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
5Proto-Italic*eksmenā—

Words derived from “amenaça”

  • amenaçar
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