Etymograph

English

raisin

Raisin comes from Anglo-Norman reysin ‘grape, raisin’, and goes back to Latin racēmus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEracēmus‘cluster or bunch of grapes, berries or similar fruits’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEracīmus
  3. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400reysin‘grape, raisin’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500raysyn‘a grape or a cluster of grapes’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1899raisin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEracēmus‘cluster or bunch of grapes, berries or similar fruits’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEracīmus
  3. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400reysin‘grape, raisin’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500raysyn‘a grape or a cluster of grapes’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1899raisin

Earliest quotation: 1899, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: “Of sweets there are halvás of all kinds from…”

Linked words

through Latin racēmus ‘cluster or bunch of grapes, berries or similar…’

racemic, 3 more

Today it means

noun A dried grape.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin racēmus / raisin

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