Meaning

noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

noun any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers

noun any member of the mint family of plants

originFrom Middle English minten, from Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *muntijan (“to think, consider”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mintsje, muntsje (“to aim, target”), Dutch munten (“to aim at, target”), German Low German münten (“to aim at”), German münzen (“to aim at”), Dutch monter…

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