English
mentha
Mentha comes from Latin menta ‘mint’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmentaas mentha‘mint’
- Englishearliest quotation 1974mentha
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmentaas mentha‘mint’
- Englishearliest quotation 1974mentha
Earliest quotation: 1974, Daniel J. Foley: “Very aromatic; all culinary menthas can be used for…”
Linked words
through Latin menta ‘mint’
Today it means
noun Any of the mint genus Mentha, mints and similar species.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin menta / mentha