Where does “dessert” come from?
Dessert comes from French dessert, from French desservir meaning to clear the table, composed of French dés- and French dé-, derived from Latin de-, from Latin de, from Latin ex.
dessert (English): A sweet confection served as the last course of a...
Definitions
- A sweet confection served as the last course of a...
Ancestry of “dessert”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | dessert | — |
| 2 | Middle French | desservir | — |
| 3 | Middle French | dés- | de-; dis |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |