Where does “freshmint” come from?
freshmint (English) comes from English mint, from Middle English minten, from Hungarian menten, from Hungarian mente, from Hungarian ment, from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.
freshmint (English): A fresh, cooling, minty flavour
Definitions
- A fresh, cooling, minty flavour
Ancestry of “freshmint”, step by step
freshmint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mint | A building or institution where money is... |
| 2 | Middle English | minten | Alternative form of mynten |
| 3 | Hungarian | menten | at once, on the spot, immediately |
| 4 | Hungarian | mente | leaving from somewhere; going somewhere; the... |
| 5 | Hungarian | ment | to rescue, to save; third-person singular past of... |
| 6 | Hungarian | mén | stallion; archaic third-person singular... |
| 7 | Hungarian | megy | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |
via English fresh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fresh | Newly produced or obtained; recent; Not cooked,... |
| 2 | German | frisch | fresh; recent |
| 3 | Middle High German | vrisch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | frisc | fresh |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | frisk | fresh; unsalted |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | friskaz | fresh; not salty, unsalted |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preysk- | fresh |