Where does “Granada” come from?

Granada comes from Spanish Granada, derived from Arabic غَرْنَاطة, the name of the historic Islamic kingdom and city in southern Spain.

Ancestry of “Granada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishGranadapomegranate fruit
2Spanishgranadograined; pomegranate tree
3Latingrānātumpomegranate fruit
4Latingrānātushaving many seeds or grains
5Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
6Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “Granada”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm →