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Tourist arrested in Lisbon after asking for a "grenade" instead of "pomegranate"
(www.portugalresident.com)
this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2023
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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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