How did Fruits and Vegetables Get Their Names?

The name of everything we use in our life has an origin and it is amusing to know how certain names began. For instance ‘goose berry’. We wonder why this berry has got ‘goose’ attached to it, when it has got nothing to do with ‘goose’. It is interesting to know that it was originally ‘gorse berry’. In Saxon, ‘gorst’, from which ‘gorse’ is taken, means “rough”. And this variety of berry has this name because it grows on a rough or throny shrub.
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Raspberry comes from the German Verb ‘raspan’. It means to rub together.
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Strawberry is originally ‘Stray berry’. It was named thus because of the way the runner from this plant strays in all directions.
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Cranberry was once called ‘crane berry’ because its slender stalks resemble the long legs and neck of a crane.
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Cherries got their name from the City of Cerasus.
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The English term ‘grape has its equivalent in the Italian ‘Grappo’ and the Dutch and French ‘grappe’. All these mean a ‘bunch’.
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Raisin is a French word which comes from the Latin ‘Racenus’, a dried grape.
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Apricot comes from Latin ‘Praecoquus’, which means early ripe.
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Melon is a Greek word for Apple.
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