English
grenadier
Grenadier comes from French grenadier ‘pomegranate tree’, from Medieval Latin pomum granatum ‘seeded fruit’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nóm‘grain’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānom‘grain’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānum‘grain, seed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānātus‘having many seeds’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānātum
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500pomum granatum‘seeded fruit’
- Italianc. 1300–presentpom granat
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400grenate‘pomegranate (fruit)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrenade‘pomegranate’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentgrenadier‘pomegranate tree’
- Englishtodaygrenadier
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nóm‘grain’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānom‘grain’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānum‘grain, seed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānātus‘having many seeds’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānātum
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500pomum granatum‘seeded fruit’
- Italianc. 1300–presentpom granat
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400grenate‘pomegranate (fruit)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrenade‘pomegranate’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentgrenadier‘pomegranate tree’
- Englishtodaygrenadier
Formed from grenade + -ier
Latin grānātum ‘having grains’
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Italian pom granat
Old French pomme grenate ‘pomegranate’
Old French grenate ‘pomegranate’
French grenade ‘pomegranate’
English grenade
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’
through Proto-Italic *grānom ‘grain’
through Latin grānum ‘grain, seed’
grain, granite, gram, garner, grange, granular, granary, granule, 6 more
through Old French grenate ‘pomegranate (fruit)’
Today it means
noun A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards of Canada and the United Kingdom.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm / grenadier