Where does “mint” come from?
Mint derives from Middle English minten, from Old English myntan, from Latin mentha, from Proto-Indo-European men-.
mint (English): A building or institution where money is...
Definitions
- A building or institution where money is...
Ancestry of “mint”, step by step
mint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English minten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | minten | Alternative form of mynten |
| 2 | Hungarian | menten | at once, on the spot, immediately |
| 3 | Hungarian | mente | leaving from somewhere; going somewhere; the... |
| 4 | Hungarian | ment | to rescue, to save; third-person singular past of... |
| 5 | Hungarian | mén | stallion; archaic third-person singular... |
| 6 | Hungarian | megy | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |