Where does “민트색” come from?

민트색 (Korean) comes from Korean 민트, from English mint, from Middle English minten, from Hungarian menten, from Hungarian mente, from Hungarian ment, from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy — to go.

민트색 (Korean): mint color

Definitions

  1. mint color

Ancestry of “민트색”, step by step

민트색 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 민트

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean민트mint plant of the genus
2EnglishmintA building or institution where money is...
3Middle EnglishmintenAlternative form of mynten
4Hungarianmentenat once, on the spot, immediately
5Hungarianmenteleaving from somewhere; going somewhere; the...
6Hungarianmentto rescue, to save; third-person singular past of...
7Hungarianménstallion; archaic third-person singular...
8Hungarianmegyto go
9Proto-Uralicmene-to go

via Korean 색(色)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean색(色)
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene-
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