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
- A coarse American plant of the mint family; The...
Ancestry of “horsemint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | horsmynte | horsemint or a similar wild mint |
| 2 | Old English | horsminte | wild mint, horsemint |
| 3 | Old English | hors | horse |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hross | horse |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrussą | horse |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |