Where does “peppermint” come from?
peppermint (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.
peppermint (English): A hybrid herb of the mint family , formed by...
Definitions
- A hybrid herb of the mint family , formed by...
Ancestry of “peppermint”, 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 |
Words derived from “peppermint”