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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.
