Where does “unmenacingly” come from?
unmenacingly (English) comes from English unmenacing, from English menacing, from English menace, from Middle English manace, from Old French menace, from Latin minācia, from Latin mināx, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
unmenacingly (English): In a manner that is not menacing
Definitions
- In a manner that is not menacing
Ancestry of “unmenacingly”, step by step
unmenacingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unmenacing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unmenacing | Not menacing |
| 2 | English | menacing | Suggesting imminent harm; Threatening; present... |
| 3 | English | menace | A perceived threat or danger; The act of... |
| 4 | Middle English | manace | A perceived threat or danger |
| 5 | Old French | menace | — |
| 6 | Latin | minācia | threat |
| 7 | Latin | mināx | projecting; overhanging; jutting out |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |