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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgranularConsisting of, or resembling, granules or grains;...
2Latingrānulumgranule (small grain)
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos
5Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Italian grano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangranowheat, corn; grain; bead

Words derived from “Granola

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin grānulum