"syrup made from pomegranates," 1896, from French sirop de grenadin from Middle French grenade "pomegranate" (see pomegranate). The type of thin silk fabric, so called from 1851, probably is from Grenada.
Gregory
gremlin
Grenada
grenade
grenadier
grenadine
*gre-no-
Grenoble
Grepo
Greta
Gretchen