Etymograph

English

squaw mint

From squaw + mint.

A compound of squaw + mint

Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa ‘(young) woman’

Massachusett squàw ‘woman’

English squaw

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Latin monēta ‘place for making coins, coined money’

Proto-West Germanic *munit ‘coin’

Old English mynet ‘coin’

Middle English mynt ‘money, coin’

English mint

Today it means

noun American pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “squaw mint”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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