TheWaterGodM to OffbeatEnglish · 8 months agoTourist arrested in Lisbon after asking for a "grenade" instead of "pomegranate"www.portugalresident.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkTourist arrested in Lisbon after asking for a "grenade" instead of "pomegranate"www.portugalresident.comTheWaterGodM to OffbeatEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 months agoThe 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.
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-28 months agoIt’s probably literally grenade apple in most languages. Since grenade is probably named after the fruit. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grenade
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.
It’s probably literally grenade apple in most languages. Since grenade is probably named after the fruit.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grenade
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