From Greek 'kerasos' (cherry tree, from the city Kerasous), via Latin and French — English stripped the false plural 's' from 'cherise.'
A small, round, red or dark fruit with a stone inside.
From Anglo-Norman 'cherise,' from Old French 'cerise,' from Latin 'cerasus,' from Greek 'kerasos' (cherry tree), said to be from Kerasous (modern Giresun) on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, where Romans first encountered the fruit. Key roots: kerasos (Greek: "cherry tree (from Kerasous, a city)").