The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκέρασος“cherry tree”
- Latin · derived fromcerasus
- English todaycerasin
From Latin cerasus, from Ancient Greek κέρασος (kérasos, “cherry tree”) + -in.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cerasin
Today it means: A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; meta-arabinic acid. Full definition →
Latin cerasus ← Ancient Greek κέρασος