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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

  1. rocket propelled grenade

Ancestry of “lança-granadas-foguete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesegranadapomegranate; hand grenade; shell
2Frenchgrenadepomegranate; grenade; insignia, badge
3Old Frenchgrenatepomegranate
4Old Frenchpomme grenatepomegranate
5Italianpom granat—
6Medieval Latinpomum granatumseeded fruit; grainy apple; pomegranate
7Latinpōmum—
8Latinpōmus—
9Proto-Italicpoomosfruit
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂po-h₁ém-ostaken off
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from
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