Where does “grenadier” come from?
Grenadier comes from French grenadier, formed from French grenade with the French suffix -ier denoting an agent or occupational role.
grenadier (English): A type of soldier, originally one who threw...
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- A type of soldier, originally one who threw...
Ancestry of “grenadier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | grenadier | pomegranate tree; grenadier |
| 2 | French | grenade | pomegranate; grenade; insignia, badge |
| 3 | Old French | grenate | pomegranate |
| 4 | Old French | pomme grenate | pomegranate |
| 5 | Italian | pom granat | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | pomum granatum | seeded fruit; grainy apple; pomegranate |
| 7 | Latin | pōmum | any type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.) |
| 8 | Latin | pōmus | fruit |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | poomos | fruit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂po-h₁ém-os | taken off |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epo | from, off, back; off, away; off, from |