Where does “mintless” come from?
mintless (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.
mintless (English): Without mint; Without a mintmark
Definitions
- Without mint; Without a mintmark
Ancestry of “mintless”, step by step
mintless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |