g 2 r 1 e 1 n 1 a 1 d 2 e 1
7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
originBorrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pomum (“apple”) + granatum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. Doublet of garnet.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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