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Where does “manace” come from?

manace (Old French) comes 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.

manace (Old French): threat; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. threat; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “manace”, step by step

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

Words derived from “manace”

  • menace
  • menacing
  • menacingly
  • menacer
  • unmenacing
  • menaceth
  • nonmenacing
  • unmenacingly
  • menacest
  • menacingness
  • menace
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