The name pomegranate derives from medieval Latin 'apple' and 'seeded'. Possibly stemming from the old French word for the fruit, , the pomegranate was known in early English as apple of Grenada—a term which today survives only in heraldic blazons. This is a folk etymology, confusing the Latin granatus with the name of the Spanish city of Granada, which is derived from an unrelated Arabic word.
The name pomegranate derives from medieval Latin 'apple' and 'seeded'. Possibly stemming from the old French word for the fruit,  the pomegranate was known in early English as apple of Grenada—a term which today survives only in heraldic blazons. This is a folk etymology, confusing the Latin granatus with the name of the Spanish city of Granada, which is derived from an unrelated Arabic word.