Where does “menacement” come from?
menacement (English) comes from English menace, from Middle English manace, from Old French menace, from Latin minācia, from Latin mināx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
menacement (English): An act of menacing or threatening
Definitions
- An act of menacing or threatening
Ancestry of “menacement”, step by step
menacement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English menace
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | menace | A perceived threat or danger; The act of... |
| 2 | Middle English | manace | A perceived threat or danger |
| 3 | Old French | menace | — |
| 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 |