Contextualizebeta

dessert

noun
/dɪˈzɜːt/UK/dɪˈzɝt/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Middle French des- Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin serviō Old French servir Middle French servir Middle French desservir Middle French dessertbor. English dessert Borrowed from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”. Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century.

  1. borrowed from dessert

Definitions

  1. The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.

    • I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert.
    • Can I see the dessert menu, please?

  2. A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

    • Trifle is a favourite dessert of the English, but rivalled by pavlova in Australia and New Zealand.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dessert. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA