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means A grape dried out, either by sun or machine, into a sweet, chewy, wrinkled little nugget.

from From Old French 'raisin' meaning grape, which traces back to Latin 'racemus' — a cluster of grapes or berries. So the word didn't originally mean the dried fruit at all; it meant the fresh bunch still on the vine. English borrowed it specifically for the dried version, while French kept 'raisin' for grapes in general — which is why a French grocer's 'raisin' is still juicy, not shriveled.