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