RASPBERRY:Word Origin & History raspberry
1623, earlier raspis berry (1548), possibly from raspise “a sweet rose-colored wine” (c.1460), from Anglo-L. vinum raspeys, origin uncertain, as is the connection between this and O.Fr. raspe, M.L. raspecia, raspeium, also meaning “raspberry.”

PONTIFICATE: Word Origin & History pontificate
1818, “to act as a pontiff,” from pp. stem of M.L. pontificare , from L. pontifex (see pontiff). Meaning “to assume pompous and dignified airs, issue dogmatic decrees” is from 1825.