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Where does “minacar” come from?

minacar (Ido) 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.

minacar (Ido): to threaten

Definitions

  1. to threaten

Ancestry of “minacar”, step by step

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