English
grenado
Grenado comes from Spanish granada ‘hand grenade’, from Latin grānātus ‘having many seeds or grains’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nóm1‘grain’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānom1‘grain’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānum1‘grain, seed’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānātus2as granata‘having many seeds or grains’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentgranada2‘hand grenade’
- Englishtodaygrenado2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin granatus
- 2 Wiktionary, English grenado
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nómWiktionary, Latin granatus‘grain’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānomWiktionary, Latin granatus‘grain’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānumWiktionary, Latin granatus‘grain, seed’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānātusWiktionary, English grenadoas granata‘having many seeds or grains’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentgranadaWiktionary, English grenado‘hand grenade’
- EnglishtodaygrenadoWiktionary, English grenado
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’
carl, karl, garnet, geriatrics, churlish, 10 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’
through Proto-Italic *grānom ‘grain’
through Latin grānum ‘grain, seed’
grain, granite, garner, gram, grange, granular, granary, granule, 6 more
Today it means
noun A grenade (weapon).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “grenado”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin granatus. 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 / grenado