Etymology

munter

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Turkish mantar
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munter · noun1

  1. Turkish · borrowed frommantar“mushroom”
  2. English todaymunter

Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) + -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).

munter · noun2

  1. Middle French · borrowed frommontre
  2. Middle French · borrowed frommontre
  3. English todaymunter

Borrowed from Middle French montre.

Munter · proper noun3

* As a north German (Münter) and Dutch (De Munter) surname, occupational surname for a minter; see Minter. * Also as a German surname (and Swedish and Danish, both borrowed from the German), from the adjective Munter (“lively, merry”). Also found in Finland.

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