Where does “fodormintă” come from?

fodormintă (Romanian) comes from Hungarian fodormenta, from Hungarian menta, from Latin menta, from Ancient Greek Μίνθη — mint (Mentha viridis).

fodormintă (Romanian): spearmint (Mentha spicata)

Definitions

  1. spearmint (Mentha spicata)

Ancestry of “fodormintă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfodormentaspearmint herb
2Hungarianmentamint
3Latinmentamint; nominative/accusative/vocative plural of...
4Ancient GreekΜίνθηmint (Mentha viridis)
Every word from Ancient Greek Μίνθη →Every word from Latin menta →Every word from Hungarian menta →