• jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 months ago

      Pomegranate in Russian is Грана́т/Granat, while the grenade is Грана́та/Granata so it’s easy to mix up when typing. It probably doesn’t help that grenade in Portuguese is granada while pomegranate is romã so it doesn’t sound anything alike.

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        8 months ago

        The English word grenade comes from the French word for pomegranate, which is quite literally “grenade” though often called “pomme grenade.” I imagine the same is true for the origin of the word in other languages as well.