Etymology

minter

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Today it means: One who mints, particularly a moneyer producing coinage. Full definition →

Middle English mynter ← Old English mynetere ← Proto-West Germanic *munitārī
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minter · noun1

  1. Latin · derived frommonētārius
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*munitārī
  3. Old English · inherited frommynetere
  4. Middle English · inherited frommynter
  5. English todayminter

From Middle English mynter, from Old English mynetere, from Proto-West Germanic *munitārī, from Latin monētārius; equivalent to mint + -er. Doublet of monetary.

Minter · proper noun2

English occupational surname, from the noun minter. Parallels are found in German and Dutch as Munter.

Words from the same roots

Latinmonētārius all →

monetarymonetarist

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