| 词汇 | mint |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 1. mint (1) "aromatic herb," O.E. minte, from W.Gmc. *minta (cf. O.H.G. minze, Ger. Minze), from L. menta, mentha "mint," from Gk. minthe, personified as a nymph transformed into a herb by Proserpine, probably a loan-word from a lost Mediterranean language. 2. mint (2) "place where money is coined," O.E. mynit "coin," from W.Gmc. *munita (cf. O.Fris. menote, M.Du. munte, Ger. münze), from L. moneta "mint" (see money). It meant "coin" at first in English; sense of "place where money is made" first recorded early 15c. General sense of "a vast sum of money" is from 1650s. The verb is 1540s, from the noun. Related: Minted; minting. The adj. meaning "perfect" (like a freshly minted coin) is from 1902; hence mint condition. |
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