MIND

Etymology

From Middle English minde, münde, ȝemünde,

from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“memory”),

from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi,

from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”),

from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”) (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men- (“to think”).

Cognate with Old High German gimunt (“mind, memory”),

Danish minde (“memory”),

Swedish minne (“memory”),

Icelandic minni (“memory, recall, recollection”),

Gothic (munds, “memory, mind”),

Latin mēns (“mind, reason”),

Sanskrit मनस् (mánas),

Ancient Greek μένος (ménos),

Albanian mënd (“mind, reason”).

Doublet of mantra.

Related to Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint.

Etymology for Mint

From Middle English minten,

from Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”),

from Proto-West Germanic *muntijan (“to think, consider”),

from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian mintsje, muntsje (“to aim, target”),

Dutch munten (“to aim at, target”),

German Low German münten (“to aim at”),

German münzen (“to aim at”),

Dutch monter (“cheerful, gladsome, spry”),

Gothic (muns, “thought, opinion”),

Old English munan (“to be mindful of, consider, intend”).

More at mind.

Verb

mint (third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted)

1. (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
2. (transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
3. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.

Noun

mint (plural mints)

1. (provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)