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currant

MeaningCorinth

Common meaning: small dried grape, or a small berry from a shrub

Journey through time

  1. GreekKorinthos‘Corinth’source
  2. Old Frenchraisins de Corinthe‘grapes of Corinth’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsgrapes of Corinth → small dried grape, or a small berry from a shrubcurrant‘small dried grape, or a small berry from a shrub’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Greek Korinthos ‘Corinth’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CURRANT, p. 148 · dictionary scan

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