minttu

Pronunciation: /ˈmintːu/

“minttu” is a Finnish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

mint (plant of the genus Mentha)
mint (flavour)

adjective

mint, new

Etymology

Borrowed from now dialectal Swedish minta (standard Swedish mynta), from Middle Low German minte, ultimately from Latin menta. The sense "mint, new" is a semantic loan from English mint.

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