Where does “minatorily” come from?
minatorily (English) comes from English minatory, from Middle French minatoire, from Latin minatorius, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
minatorily (English): In a minatory manner; with threats
Definitions
- In a minatory manner; with threats
Ancestry of “minatorily”, step by step
minatorily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English minatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | minatory | Threatening, menacing |
| 2 | Middle French | minatoire | — |
| 3 | Latin | minatorius | threatening |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |