Etymograph

English

Grenada

Grenada comes from Old Spanish Granada, and goes back to Arabic غَرْنَاطَة.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentغَرْنَاطَةḠarnāṭa
  2. Old Spanishc. 950–1500Granada
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentGrenade
  5. EnglishtodayGrenada

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentغَرْنَاطَةḠarnāṭa
  2. Old Spanishc. 950–1500Granada
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentGrenade
  5. EnglishtodayGrenada

The story

From anglicization/latinization of French Grenade upon the island's cession to the United Kingdom under the terms of the 1763 Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years' War, from Spanish Granada and Los Granadillos on Spanish maps from at least the 1520s, from Granada in Spain, from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (Ḡarnāṭa), originally a suburb of the city.

Every English word from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة

Today it means

name An island and country in the Caribbean. Capital: St. George's.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic غَرْنَاطَة / Grenada

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