Etymograph

English

freshmint

From fresh + mint.

A compound of fresh + mint

Proto-Indo-European *preysk-

Proto-Germanic *friskaz

Proto-West Germanic *frisk

Old English fersċ ‘fresh’

Middle English fressh ‘fresh’

English fresh

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Latin monēta ‘place for making coins, coined money’

Proto-West Germanic *munit ‘coin’

Old English mynet ‘coin’

Middle English mynt ‘money, coin’

English mint

Today it means

noun A fresh, cooling, minty flavour.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / freshmint