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Grenadine syrup (the kind you use in cocktails) has an uncertain etymology. Does anyone know the history behind the name of the grenadine weave?
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Brown eyed women and red grenadine
the bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean
Sound of the thunder with the rain pouring down
and it looks like the old man's getting on
Do you think it has something to do with the Spanish city of Granada?
Kent, It is hard to say exactly but there is a school of thought that gauza is from Gaza. Gauza is used in Italy for grenadines. Two types a loose weave and a very loose weave.
That makes sense. Though I've heard of grenadine called English gauze in Italy, which may contradict the Spanish hypothesis.
I wouldn't say that the etymology of grenadine syrup is uncertain. It was traditionally made from pomegranate juice, and the term is derived from the word for pomegranate in French, grenade. That in turn can be traced all the way back to Latin pomum granatum, "seeded apple". We also get the English word grenade from the same root.
Kent,
I wouldn't say that the etymology of grenadine syrup is uncertain. It was traditionally made from pomegranate juice, and the term is derived from the word for pomegranate in French, grenade. That in turn can be traced all the way back to Latin pomum granatum, "seeded apple". We also get the English word grenade from the same root.
You do not give an etymology but deliver pure speculation. Says the linguistic student.
How so? I've always wondered about that as well. Is it because a grenade looks like a pomegranate?Originally Posted by Kent Wang