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Pomegranates are from Granada. In French, Granada is "Grenade" and pomegranate is "pomme grenade", which directly translates to Granada apple
by ficklepickle 5y ago
Pomegranates 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.