menace

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English word menace comes from Latin -ia, Latin parvus (Ignorable, unimportant. Small, little, cheap.), Latin mina, Latin -ax

-ia (Latin)

Used to form an abstract noun, usually from an adjective stem.

parvus (Latin)

Ignorable, unimportant. Small, little, cheap.

mina (Latin)

(figuratively) threats, menaces. Projecting points, pinnacles, battlements, parapets.

-ax (Latin)

Used to form adjectives expressing a tendency or inclination to the action of the root verb; -ish, -y.

minor (Latin)

(with dative) I threaten, menace someone with something. I jut forth, protrude, project.

minax (Latin)

Projecting, overhanging (jutting out). Threatening, menacing.

*minācia (Vulgar Latin)

(Vulgar Latin) threat.

menace (Old French)

menace (English)

(informal) An annoying and bothersome person or thing.. A perceived threat or danger.. The act of threatening.

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