Etymograph

English

granatin

Granatin comes from Latin granatum ‘the pomegranate’, from grānātus ‘having many seeds’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nóm1‘grain’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānom1‘grain’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānum2‘grain, seed’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānātus2‘having many seeds’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgranatum3‘the pomegranate’
  6. Englishtodaygranatin3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin granum
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin granatum
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English granatin

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nómWiktionary, Latin granum‘grain’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānomWiktionary, Latin granum‘grain’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānumWiktionary, Latin granatum‘grain, seed’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānātusWiktionary, Latin granatum‘having many seeds’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgranatumWiktionary, English granatin‘the pomegranate’
  6. EnglishtodaygranatinWiktionary, English granatin

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’

corn, kernel, kern, 8 more

through Latin grānum ‘grain, seed’

garner, grain, granite, gram, granger, grange, granular, granule, 5 more

through Latin granatum ‘the pomegranate’

grenadier

Today it means

noun mannitol

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “granatin”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin granum, Latin granatum. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm / granatin

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