Where does “manacen” come from?

manacen (Middle English) comes from Old French menacier, from Latin mināciō, from Latin minācia, from Latin mināx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

manacen (Middle English): To make threats against (someone); to intimidate or threaten

Definitions

  1. To make threats against (someone); to intimidate or threaten

Ancestry of “manacen”, step by step

manacen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French menacier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmenacierto threaten
2LatinmināciōTo threaten
3Latinmināciathreat
4Latinmināxprojecting; overhanging; jutting out
5Latin-āxish, -y
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Old French menacer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmenacer
2Vulgar Latinminaciareto threaten; present active infinitive of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius