Where does “pepperminty” come from?
pepperminty (English) comes from English peppermint, from English mint, from Middle English minten, from Hungarian menten, from Hungarian mente, from Hungarian ment, from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy — to go.
pepperminty (English): Resembling or characteristic of peppermint
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of peppermint
Ancestry of “pepperminty”, step by step
pepperminty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English peppermint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peppermint | A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections |
| 2 | English | mint | A building or institution where money is... |
| 3 | Middle English | minten | Alternative form of mynten |
| 4 | Hungarian | menten | at once, on the spot, immediately |
| 5 | Hungarian | mente | leaving from somewhere; going somewhere; the... |
| 6 | Hungarian | ment | to rescue, to save; third-person singular past of... |
| 7 | Hungarian | mén | stallion; archaic third-person singular... |
| 8 | Hungarian | megy | to go |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |