A small dried seedless grape used in cooking and baking, or a small round berry from currant bushes (like blackcurrants or redcurrants).
From Old French 'corinthe' meaning 'from Corinth', as these dried grapes were historically imported from Corinth, Greece; the word eventually referred to any small round fruit.
Currants were so valuable in medieval Europe that they had their own trade routes—Corinthian merchants controlled the market, which is why the fruit is literally named after the city where it came from.
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