Where does “Granada” come from?

Granada (Spanish) comes from Spanish granado, from Latin grānātum, 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.

Granada (Spanish): pomegranate fruit

Definitions

  1. pomegranate fruit

Ancestry of “Granada”, step by step

Granada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish granado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgranadograined; pomegranate tree
2Latingrānātumpomegranate fruit
3Latingrānātushaving many seeds or grains
4Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
5Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Arabic غَرْنَاطَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicغَرْنَاطَة—

Words derived from “Granada”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm →