Where does “ペパーミント” come from?
ペパーミント (Japanese) 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.
ペパーミント (Japanese): peppermint
Ancestry of “ペパーミント”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | peppermint | A hybrid herb of the mint family , formed by... |
| 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 |