Like when you use apples you can make dryed apples, how did or who came up with from the word grapes to rasiens,from that word I know you make rasiens from grapes! But apples to dry apples the words dont match!!
meagan lover
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The word raisin dates back to Middle English and is a loanword from Old French; in Old French and French, raisin means "grape," while, in French, a dried grape is referred to as a raisin sec, or "dry grape." The Old French word in turn developed from the Latin word racemus, "a bunch of grapes."
I found this answer in about 20 seconds just by going on to Google.com and simply typing in the word "raisins". No offense meant here,but maybe the reason you couldn't find out about this word is because you are spelling it wrong.
Julia S
The French word for grape is "raisin." Raisins are "raisins secs" (dried grapes). I'd imagine that it comes from that. We just dropped the "sec" part. Remember that dried plums are usually called prunes. It shouldn't amaze you that a plum, in French, is a "prune." My guess is that's where it came from.
Anonymous
It's French. When the Normand's conquered England the Saxon language was changed forever with all sorts of French words.
omnigamous
and it's "raisins"
sultanas are grapes too
and currants can be grapes (although some currants are berries)
if they were just called "dried grapes" there would be no way to tell if they were raisins, sultanas, or currants