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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

  1. A building or institution where money is...

Ancestry of “mint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmintenAlternative form of mynten
2Hungarianmentenat once, on the spot, immediately
3Hungarianmenteleaving from somewhere; going somewhere; the...
4Hungarianmentto rescue, to save; third-person singular past of...
5Hungarianménstallion; archaic third-person singular...
6Hungarianmegyto go
7Proto-Uralicmene-to go

Words derived from “mint”

  • spearmint
  • minty
  • mintage
  • catmint
  • mintmark
  • mintmaster
  • remint
  • mintlike
  • mintiness
  • mintable
  • spearminty
  • mintless
  • mintman
  • mintbush
  • buttermint
  • mintox
  • squaw mint
  • ミント
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →