Where does “Granola” come from?
Granola (English) comes from English granular, from Latin grānulum, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Granola (English): A breakfast and snack food consisting of loose, crispy pellets made of nuts, rolled oats, honey and other natural ingredients
Definitions
- A breakfast and snack food consisting of loose, crispy pellets made of nuts, rolled oats, honey and other natural ingredients
Ancestry of “Granola”, step by step
Granola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English granular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | granular | Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains;... |
| 2 | Latin | grānulum | granule (small grain) |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Italian grano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | grano | wheat, corn; grain; bead |