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Where does “amẽaça” come from?

amẽaça (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese mẽaça, 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.

amẽaça (Old Portuguese): Alternative form of mẽaça

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of mẽaça

Ancestry of “amẽaça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemẽaçathreat
2Latinminācia—
3Latinmināx—
4Latin-āx—
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “amẽaça”

  • ameaça
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