Mint
Old English minte, of West Germanic origin; related to German Minze, ultimately via Latin from Greek minthē .
wiktionary
From Middle English mynt, münet(“money, coin”), from Old English mynet(“coin”), from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta(“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made. Doublet of money and manat.
The verb is from the noun; Old English mynetian(“to mint”) is a parallel formation.
From Middle English mynte, from Old English minte(“mint plant”), from Proto-West Germanic *mintā(“mint”), from Latin menta, probably from a lost Mediterranean language either through Ancient Greek μίνθη(mínthē), μίνθα(míntha) or directly. Akin to Old Norse minta(“mint”).
From Middle English minten, from Old English myntan(“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *muntijan(“to think, consider”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā-(“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mintsje, muntsje(“to aim, target”), Dutch munten(“to aim at, target”), German Low German münten(“to aim at”), German münzen(“to aim at”), Dutch monter(“cheerful, gladsome, spry”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃( muns, “thought, opinion”), Old English munan(“to be mindful of, consider, intend”). More at mind.
etymonline
mint (n.1)
aromatic herb, plant of the genus Mentha, Old English minte (8c.), from West Germanic *minta (source also of Old Saxon minta, Middle Dutch mente, Old High German minza, German Minze), a borrowing from Latin menta, mentha "mint," itself from Greek minthe, personified as a nymph transformed into an herb by Proserpine, which is probably a loan-word from a lost Mediterranean language. For mint-julep, see julep.
mint (n.2)
place where money is coined, early 15c., from Old English mynet "coin, coinage, money" (8c.), from West Germanic *munita (source also of Old Saxon munita, Old Frisian menote, Middle Dutch munte, Old High German munizza, German münze), from Latin moneta "mint" (see money (n.) ). An earlier word for "place where money is coined" was minter (early 12c.). General sense of "a vast sum of money" is from 1650s. Mint-mark, "mark placed upon a coin to indicate the mint where it was struck," is from 1797.
mint (v.)
"to stamp metal to make coins," 1540s, from mint (n.2). Related: Minted; minting. Old English had the agent noun mynetere (Middle English minter) "one who stamps coins to create money," from Late Latin monetarius.
mint (adj.)
"perfect" (like a freshly minted coin), 1887 (in mint condition), from mint (n.2).
