Where does “Minze” come from?

Minze (German) comes from Middle High German minze, from Old High German minza, from Proto-West Germanic mintā, from Latin menta, from Ancient Greek Μίνθη — mint (Mentha viridis).

Minze (German): mint

Definitions

  1. mint

Ancestry of “Minze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanminze—
2Old High Germanminza—
3Proto-West Germanicmintāmint
4Latinmentamint; nominative/accusative/vocative plural of...
5Ancient GreekΜίνθηmint (Mentha viridis)

Words derived from “Minze”

Every word from Ancient Greek Μίνθη →Every word from Latin menta →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mintā →