English
horsemint
Horsemint comes from Middle English horsmynte ‘horsemint or a similar wild mint’, and goes back to Old English horsminte.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150horsminte‘wild mint, horsemint’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500horsmynte‘horsemint or a similar wild mint’
- Englishtodayhorsemint
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150horsminte‘wild mint, horsemint’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500horsmynte‘horsemint or a similar wild mint’
- Englishtodayhorsemint
Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’
Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’
Old English hors ‘horse’
Middle English hors ‘a horse’
English horse
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
Every English word from Old English horsminte
Today it means
noun A coarse American plant of the mint family (Monarda punctata).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English horsminte / horsemint