cassis

The word 'cassis' entered English directly from French in the mid-19th century, specifically referring to the blackcurrant liqueur. The French term itself originates from the Latin 'cassĭa', which denoted a type of aromatic plant or spice, possibly cinnamon. This Latin word was borrowed from the Greek 'kassía'. The semantic shift from a general aromatic plant in classical antiquity to the specific blackcurrant berry in modern French and English is a notable example of how loanwords can undergo significant meaning specialization as they migrate between cultures and eras, detached from their original morphological components.

This word is a direct loanword from French and is not productively formed from separable English morphemes. Its analysis is best handled at the level of its origin language.