Etymology

grenache

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Today it means: A specific, widely-planted variety of red wine grape, or a wine made from such grapes. Full definition →

French grenache ← Italian vernaccia
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  1. Italian · derived fromvernaccia
  2. French · borrowed fromgrenache
  3. English todaygrenache

From French grenache, from Italian vernaccia, from Vernazza, a town in Italy. Cognate to Catalan garnatxa, Spanish garnacha, Portuguese garnacha.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.