Meaning & origin
What it means
Shrapnel goes back to French Charbonnel, meaning “coal, charcoal.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Shrapnel as a surname developed from CHARBONNEL.
Shrapnel’s family of names
In English usage, Shrapnel as a surname developed from the French form CHARBONNEL.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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