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Where does “vivminaca” come from?

vivminaca (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto minaca, from Esperanto minaci, from Italian minacciare, from Latin mināciō, from Latin minācia, from Latin mināx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

vivminaca (Esperanto): life-threatening

Definitions

  1. life-threatening

Ancestry of “vivminaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantominacathreatening
2Esperantominacito threaten
3Italianminacciareto threaten, to menace
4Latinmināciō—
5Latinminācia—
6Latinmināx—
7Latin-āx—
8Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
9Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
10Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
11Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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