Where does “minanter” come from?

minanter (Latin) comes from Latin minans, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

minanter (Latin): threateningly

Definitions

  1. threateningly

Ancestry of “minanter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminansprotruding, projecting; threatening, menacing
2Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
3Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
4Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →
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