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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | amẽaçar | to threaten |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | mẽaçar | Alternative form of amẽaçar |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | minaciare | to threaten; present active infinitive of... |
| 4 | Latin | minācia | threat |
| 5 | Latin | mināx | projecting; overhanging; jutting out |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Latin mināciae
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mināciae | — |