Where does “ameaça” come from?
ameaça (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.
ameaça (Portuguese): threat; threat; menace; an indication that...
Definitions
- threat; threat; menace; an indication that...
Ancestry of “ameaça”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | mẽaça | threat |
| 2 | Latin | minācia | — |
| 3 | Latin | mināx | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |