Minted

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Created as new coins typically by a government ; newly made or produced especially in a fresh or original way ; marked or stamped with a design or emblem, often on metal
2. Formed into official currency by a minting process ; freshly created or invented, often referring to things or ideas ; embossed or impressed with a specific pattern or symbol
3. The act of producing currency coins ; the making of something new or original ; the process of stamping a design onto a surface, especially metal, to create a mark

Etymology: The verb "mint" is much older than the coin-making sense suggests. It comes from Latin "moneta," the name of the goddess Juno in her role as protector of money, whose temple in Rome housed the city's coin-striking workshop. The word passed through Old English "minte" and Middle English "mynte" before settling into the modern form. "Minted" is the past participle and past tense of "mint," so its history is simply that of the verb. The sense of stamping a design onto metal came first, and the figurative sense of coining a new word or idea grew out of it, which is why a phrase can be "freshly minted" while still sounding like a coin just out of the press.