myEtymology.com: French etymology of peppermint

Etymology of the French word peppermint

the French word peppermint

derived from the English word peppermint

derived from the English word pepper

derived from the Classical Latin word piper (pepper)

derived from the Greek word peperi, πέπερι

derived from the Sanskrit word pippalī (long pepper)

derived from the Sanskrit word pippalam

derived from the English word mint

derived from the Germanic root *minta

derived from the Latin word menta (mint; any cultivated mint)

derived from the Greek word minthe

derived from the Latin word mentha (mint; any cultivated mint)

derived from the Greek word minthe

derived from the Classical Latin word moneta (money, coinage; die on which coin is struck)

derived from the Latin word Moneta