- 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.
- mint (2)
- "place where money is coined," O.E. mynit "coin," from W.Gmc. *munita, from L. moneta "mint" (cf. O.Fris. menote, M.Du. munte, Ger. münze; see money). It meant "coin" at first in Eng.; sense of "place where money is made" first recorded 1423. General sense of "a vast sum of money" is from 1655. The verb is 1546, from the noun. The adj. meaning "perfect" (like a freshly minted coin) is from 1902.