Where does “Mints” come from?

Mints (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German minte, from Old Saxon minta, from Proto-Germanic minta, from Latin menta, from Ancient Greek Μίνθη — mint (Mentha viridis).

Mints (Plautdietsch): mint

Definitions

  1. mint

Ancestry of “Mints”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanminte—
2Old Saxonminta—
3Proto-Germanicminta—
4Latinmentamint; nominative/accusative/vocative plural of...
5Ancient GreekΜίνθηmint (Mentha viridis)

Words derived from “Mints”

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