Where does “mintage” come from?
mintage (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.
mintage (English): The process of minting coins; The batch of coins...
Definitions
- The process of minting coins; The batch of coins...
Ancestry of “mintage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |