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granatum
Latin · ancient
"relating to the pomegranate"
relating to the pomegranate, whose seeds resemble the deep red stone
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grenat
Old French · medieval
"a deep red gemstone"
carried into French gemstone vocabulary for the seed-like red stone
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garnet
English · 1300s
"a deep red precious gemstone"
settled as the English word for the deep red gemstone
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