Where does “minaca” come from?
minaca (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto minaci, from Italian minacciare, from Latin mināciō, from Latin minācia, from Latin mināx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
minaca (Esperanto): threatening
Ancestry of “minaca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | minaci | to threaten |
| 2 | Italian | minacciare | to threaten, to menace |
| 3 | Latin | mināciō | — |
| 4 | Latin | minācia | — |
| 5 | Latin | mināx | — |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “minaca”