Where does “mangrenado” come from?
mangrenado (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto grenado, from English grenade, from French grenade, from Old French grenate, from Old French pomme grenate, from Italian pom granat, from Medieval Latin pomum granatum, from Latin pōmum — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.
mangrenado (Esperanto): hand grenade
Definitions
- hand grenade
Ancestry of “mangrenado”, step by step
mangrenado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto grenado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | grenado | grenade |
| 2 | English | grenade | A small explosive device, designed to be thrown... |
| 3 | French | grenade | pomegranate; grenade; insignia, badge |
| 4 | Old French | grenate | pomegranate |
| 5 | Old French | pomme grenate | pomegranate |
| 6 | Italian | pom granat | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | pomum granatum | seeded fruit; grainy apple; pomegranate |
| 8 | Latin | pōmum | any type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.) |
| 9 | Latin | pōmus | fruit |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | poomos | fruit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂po-h₁ém-os | taken off |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epo | from, off, back; off, away; off, from |