Etymograph

English

minaceous

From min(ium) + -acious.

Formed from minium + -acious

Latin minium ‘red lead, minium’

English minium

Another origin of minaceous

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*menāreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*(eks)menāreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEminae‘threats’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEminor‘to jut forth’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmināx‘threatening, menacing, projecting’
  7. Englishtodayminaceous

Today it means

adj Of the colour of minium.

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