English menace

← Middle English manace (inherited)

← Middle English manacen (inherited)

← Old French manace (derived)

← Old French menace (mention)

← Old French menacer (derived)

← Old French manecier (mention)

← Old French manechier (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *men- (stand out) (root)

← Latin minax (mention)

← Latin minor (mention)

← Latin minācia (derived)

→ English minatory (mention)

→ English imminent (mention)

→ English menacer (suffix)

→ English menaceth (suffix)

→ English menacest (suffix)

→ Spanish amenaza (cognate)

→ Friulian menace (link)

→ Portuguese ameaça (cognate)