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Wow, somehow never thought that the device is named after the fruit. Their names can be even closer in other languages, f.e. in Russian they are nearly the same
by NAG3LT 5y ago
Wow, somehow never thought that the device is named after the fruit. Their names can be even closer in other languages, f.e. in Russian they are nearly the same word, just different genders.
- jwhitlark 5y agoThen they doubled down with pineapple grenades...
- ficklepickle 5y agoPomegranates are from Granada. In French, Granada is "Grenade" and pomegranate is "pomme grenade", which directly translates to Granada apple
- jcelerier 5y agoas a french I absolutely never heard "pomme grenade" for the fruit, just "grenade" directly
- shados 5y agomay depend where you're from. I'm a French speaker and it's always been "pomme grenade" everywhere I have been.
- Telemakhos 5y agoNo. "Pomegranate" comes from the Latin "pomum granatum," the 'fruit having many seeds.' Granum means grain or seed, and granatus is a pseudo-participial form (like "mentulatus") meaning 'endowed with seeds.' Granada, the city, likely derives its name from Arabic.
- garaetjjte 5y agoIn Polish it is literally the same word, "granat", which does function as weapon, fruit, and color (oddly enough, dark blue).