grenade

The story

1. Medieval Latin · derived frompōmum“apple”
2. Old French · derived fromgrenate
3. French · borrowed fromgrenade
4. English todaygrenade

Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pōmum (“apple”) + grānātum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. Doublet of garnet.

Words from the same roots