Where does “horsemint” come from?

horsemint (English) comes from Middle English horsmynte, from Old English horsminte, from Old English hors, from Proto-West Germanic hross, from Proto-Germanic hrussą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

horsemint (English): A coarse American plant of the mint family; The...

Definitions

  1. A coarse American plant of the mint family; The...

Ancestry of “horsemint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhorsmyntehorsemint or a similar wild mint
2Old Englishhorsmintewild mint, horsemint
3Old Englishhorshorse
4Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
5Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →
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