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Is granite a sedimentary rock metamorphic or a igneous rock?

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Is granite a sedimentary rock metamorphic or a igneous rock?

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In general terms granite is an igneous rock. But, there has been a famous debate over the years because extreme metamorphosis of crustal sediments can produce melts of rocks that are also granite. However, the best examples of granites such as those to be found in Dartmoor (UK) are clearly igneous intrusions.

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