From Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a plural) and Old English ċiris, ċirse, both ultimately from Vulgar Latin ceresia, derived from Late Latin ceresium, cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον, from κερασός, and ultimately possibly of origin (the intervocalic σ suggests a pre-Greek origin for the word). cerise.
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