Gooseberries – goose berries – are no particular favourite of geese, and though gooseberry sauce has sometimes been served with poultry, the name may have come first. It is likely that gooseberry is a corruption of either the French word groseille, meaning currant, or the German Kräuselbeere. Goosegog is an old, informal term for gooseberry in British English. The 'gog' part comes from 'gobbet', meaning a mouthful or morsel.