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pomum granatum
Latin · ancient
"pomegranate"
literally 'apple with many seeds'
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pomegrenate
Old French · 1100s
"pomegranate"
kept the fruit's name
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grenade
French · 1500s
"pomegranate; an explosive shell"
the shortened fruit-name was transferred to a many-seeded explosive shell it resembled
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grenade
English · 1590s
"a small explosive device thrown by hand"
adopted specifically for the small thrown explosive
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