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{{11}}mint (adj.) "perfect" (like a freshly minted coin), 1887 (in mint condition), from MINT (Cf. mint) (n.2).
{{12}}mint (n.1) aromatic herb, O.E. minte (8c.), from W.Gmc. *minta (Cf. O.S. minta, M.D. mente, O.H.G. minza, Ger. Minze), a borrowing from L. menta, mentha "mint," from Gk. minthe, personified as a nymph transformed into an herb by Proserpine, probably a loan-word from a lost Mediterranean language.
{{12}}mint (n.2) place where money is coined, early 15c., from O.E. mynet "coin, coinage, money" (8c.), from W.Gmc. *munita (Cf. O.S. munita, O.Fris. menote, M.Du. munte, O.H.G. munizza, Ger. münze), from L. moneta "mint" (see MONEY (Cf. money)). Earlier word for "place where money is coined" was minter (early 12c.). General sense of "a vast sum of money" is from 1650s.
{{13}}mint (v.) "to stamp metal to make coins," 1540s, from MINT (Cf. mint) (n.2). Related: Minted; minting. Minter "one who stamps coins to create money" is from early 12c.

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