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Where does “minatoire” come from?

minatoire (Middle French) comes from Latin minatorius, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Ancestry of “minatoire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminatoriusthreatening
2Latin-tōrius—
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “minatoire”

  • minatory
  • minatorily
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