Where does “lança-granadas-foguete” come from?
lança-granadas-foguete (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese granada, 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 Latin pōmus — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.
lança-granadas-foguete (Portuguese): rocket propelled grenade
Definitions
- rocket propelled grenade
Ancestry of “lança-granadas-foguete”, step by step
lança-granadas-foguete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese granada
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | granada | pomegranate; hand grenade; shell |
| 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 |