Etymology of the English word spearmint
the English word
spearmintderived from the English word
mintderived from the Germanic root
*mintaderived from the Latin word
menta (mint; any cultivated mint)
derived from the Greek word
minthederived from the Latin word
mentha (mint; any cultivated mint)
derived from the Greek word
minthederived from the Classical Latin word
moneta (money, coinage; die on which coin is struck)
derived from the Latin word
Monetaderived from the English word
spearderived from the Old French word
esperederived from the Latin word
sphaera (globe, sphere, orb)
derived from the Greek word
sphaira, σφαῖρα, σϕαῖρα (ball)
unkown origins
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*speriDate
The earliest known usage of spearmint in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
