Where does “ameaçar” come from?

ameaçar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese amẽaçar, from Old Portuguese mẽaçar, from Vulgar Latin minaciare, from Latin minācia, from Latin mināx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

ameaçar (Portuguese): to threaten; to endanger, menace; to portend,...

Definitions

  1. to threaten; to endanger, menace; to portend,...

Ancestry of “ameaçar”, step by step

ameaçar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese amẽaçar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseamẽaçarto threaten
2Old PortuguesemẽaçarAlternative form of amẽaçar
3Vulgar Latinminaciareto threaten; present active infinitive of...
4Latinmināciathreat
5Latinmināxprojecting; overhanging; jutting out
6Latin-āxish, -y
7Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Latin mināciae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmināciae

Words derived from “ameaçar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius