Where does “minacciare” come from?
minacciare (Italian) comes from Latin mināciō, from Latin minācia, from Latin mināx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
minacciare (Italian): to threaten, to menace
Definitions
- to threaten, to menace
Ancestry of “minacciare”, step by step
minacciare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin mināciō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mināciō | To threaten |
| 2 | Latin | minācia | threat |
| 3 | Latin | mināx | projecting; overhanging; jutting out |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Vulgar Latin minaciare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | minaciare | to threaten; present active infinitive of... |