Where does “amenaza” come from?
amenaza (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish menaça, 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.
amenaza (Spanish): threat, menace
Definitions
- threat, menace
Ancestry of “amenaza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | menaça | threat |
| 2 | Latin | minācia | threat |
| 3 | Latin | mināx | projecting; overhanging; jutting out |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 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 |