menace (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[menace 词源字典]
c. 1300, from Old French menacer "threaten, urge" (11c.), Anglo-French manasser, from Vulgar Latin *minaciare "to threaten," from minacia (see menace (n.)). Related: Menaced; menacing.[menace etymology, menace origin, 英语词源]