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Where does “granatum” come from?

granatum (Latin) comes from Latin grānātus, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Ancestry of “granatum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingrānātus—
2Latingrānum—
3Proto-Italicgrānom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
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