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Where does “lanzagranadas” come from?

lanzagranadas (Spanish) comes from Spanish Granada, 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 — to grow old, to mature.

lanzagranadas (Spanish): grenade launcher

Definitions

  1. grenade launcher

Ancestry of “lanzagranadas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishGranada—
2Spanishgranadograined; pomegranate tree
3Latingrānātum—
4Latingrānātus—
5Latingrānum—
6Proto-Italicgrānom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
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