An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Rosine

by Friedrich Kluge

Rosine, feminine, ‘raisin,’ from the equivalent late Middle High German rôsîne (rasin), feminine; the latter, like Middle Latin rosina, is a corruption of French raisin (sec, ‘raisin’), which, with Italian racimolo, ‘bunch of grapes,’ is due to. Latin racêmus, ‘berry’; compare further Dutch rozijn, razijn, English raisin.