grenate

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested circa 1314 in Chirurgie By Henri de Mondeville, shortening of pomme grenate. Cf. also Latin granātum.

Noun[edit]

grenate oblique singular, f (oblique plural grenates, nominative singular grenate, nominative plural grenates)

pomegranate (fruit)

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: garnet, gernet, gernad, garnad, granate (borrowing)
- English: garnet
French: grenade
- English: grenade (borrowing)

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