Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
currant
noun · first attested 14th century
The baking fruit is a worn-down word for Corinth.
A small dried grape, or a related berry shrub.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 14th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Corinth
- Step 2
raisins of Corinth
- In English
currant
Raisins of Corinth were imported through that Greek city. In English the phrase shrank to currant, which later spread to the garden berries that resembled the dried fruit.
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