Where does “amenaçador” come from?
amenaçador (Catalan) comes from Catalan amenaçar, from Latin adminaciare, from Latin mināciāre, from Latin minācia, from Latin mināx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
amenaçador (Catalan): threatening
Definitions
- threatening
Ancestry of “amenaçador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | amenaçar | to threaten; to menace |
| 2 | Latin | adminaciare | present active infinitive of *admināciō |
| 3 | Latin | mināciāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | minācia | threat |
| 5 | Latin | mināx | projecting; overhanging; jutting out |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |