- menthol
[menthol 词源字典]
- menthol: see mint
[menthol etymology, menthol origin, 英语词源] - menthol (n.)
- white crystalline substance, 1862, from German Menthol, coined 1861 by Alphons Oppenheim from Latin mentha "mint" (see mint (n.1)) + oleum "oil" (see oil (n.)). So called because it was first obtained from oil of peppermint.