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- Latin · derived fromracēmus
- Late Latin · derived fromracīmus
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromreysin“grape, raisin”
- Middle English · inherited fromraysyn
- English todayraisin
From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Possibly a distant cognate of Persian رز (raz, “vine”). Doublet of raceme.
Words from the same roots
Latinracēmus all →
racemicraceme
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.