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id="div-gpt-ad-pc-wd-top" style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of dessert" class="word__name--TTbAA">dessert<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"a service of fruits and sweets at the close of a meal," c. 1600, from French <span class="foreign notranslate">dessert</span> (mid-16c.) "last course," literally "removal of what has been served," from <span class="foreign notranslate">desservir</span> "clear the table," literally "un-serve," from <span class="foreign notranslate">des-</span> "remove, undo" (see <a href="/word/dis-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dis- " class="crossreference notranslate">dis-</a>) + Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">servir</span> "to serve" (see <a href="/word/serve#etymonline_v_23279" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of serve " class="crossreference notranslate">serve</a> (v.)). <span class="foreign notranslate">Dessert-wine</span> is from 1733; <span class="foreign notranslate">dessert-spoon</span> from 1776.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:c.%201600">c. 1600</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to dessert">Entries linking to <i>dessert</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of serve" href="/word/serve#etymonline_v_23279">serve<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>late 12c., <span class="foreign notranslate">serven</span>, "to render habitual obedience to, owe allegiance to," also "minister, give aid, give help," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">servir</span> "to do duty toward, show devotion to; set table, serve at table; offer, provide with," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">servire</span> "be a servant, be in service, be enslaved;" figuratively "be devoted; be governed by; comply with; conform; flatter," originally "be a slave," related to <span class="foreign notranslate">servus</span> "slave," which is of uncertain origin.</p> <p>Perhaps from Etruscan (compare Etruscan proper names <span class="foreign notranslate">Servi</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">Serve</span>, Latinized as <span class="foreign notranslate">Servius</span>), but de Vaan says it is from Proto-Italic <span class="foreign notranslate">*serwo-</span> "shepherd," <span class="foreign notranslate">*serwā-</span> "observation," from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*seruo-</span> "guardian" (source also of Avestan <span class="foreign notranslate">haraiti</span> "heeds, protects"):</p> <blockquote> Rix 1994a argues that the original meaning of <span class="foreign notranslate">*serwo-</span> probably was 'guard, shepherd', which underwent a pejorative development to 'slave' in Italy between 700 and 450 BC. <span class="foreign notranslate">Servire</span> would be the direct derivative of <span class="foreign notranslate">servus</span>, hence 'be a slave'; <span class="foreign notranslate">servare</span> would in his view be derived from an older noun <span class="foreign notranslate">*serwa-</span> or <span class="foreign notranslate">*serwom</span> 'observation, heedance'. </blockquote> <p>It is attested by c. 1200 in widespread senses: "to be in the service of, perform a service for; attend or wait upon, be personal servant to; be a slave; owe allegiance to; officiate at Mass or other religious rites;" from early 13c. as "set food at table;" mid-14c. as "to wait on (customers)."</p> <p>From late 14c. as "treat (someone or something) in some fashion." To <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>serve (someone) right</strong></span> "treat as he deserves" is recorded from 1580s. Sense of "be useful, be beneficial, be suitable for a purpose or function" is from early 14c.; that of "take the place or meet the needs of, be equal to the task" is from late 14c.; that of "suffice" is from mid-15c.</p> <p>The meaning "render active military service" is from 1510s. The sporting sense is attested by 1580s, first in tennis. The legal sense of "present" (a writ, warrant, etc.), "give legal notice of" is from early 15c. To <span class="foreign notranslate">serve hand and foot</span> "minister to attentively" is by c. 1300.</p> <blockquote class="poetry"> He no schuld neuer wond </blockquote> <blockquote class="poetry"> To seruen him fro fot to hond </blockquote> <blockquote class="poetry"> ["Amis and Amiloun," c. 1330] </blockquote></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of dis-" href="/word/dis-#etymonline_v_11366">dis-<!-- --> <i class="fa fa-image" style="margin-left:5px;color:#888"></i><span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div style="float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;height:85px;width:90px;overflow:hidden"><a title="Origin and meaning of dis-" href="/word/dis-?utm_source=related_entries#etymonline_v_11366"><img style="max-width:80px" src="https://cdn.etymonline.com/chart/crop/etymology-dis--11366p_l.jpg" alt="Origin and meaning of dis-"/></a></div><p>word-forming element of Latin origin meaning 1. "lack of, not" (as in <a href="/word/dishonest" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dishonest " class="crossreference notranslate">dishonest</a>); 2. "opposite of, do the opposite of" (as in <a href="/word/disallow" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of disallow " class="crossreference notranslate">disallow</a>); 3. "apart, away" (as in <a href="/word/discard" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of discard " class="crossreference notranslate">discard</a>), from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">des-</span> or directly from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">dis-</span> "apart, asunder, in a different direction, between," figuratively "not, un-," also "exceedingly, utterly." Assimilated as <span class="foreign notranslate">dif-</span> before <span class="foreign notranslate">-f-</span> and to <span class="foreign notranslate">di-</span> before most voiced consonants.</p> <p>The Latin prefix is from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*dis-</span> "apart, asunder" (source also of Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">te-</span>, Old Saxon <span class="foreign notranslate">ti-</span>, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">ze-</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">zer-</span>). The PIE root is a secondary form of <span class="foreign notranslate">*dwis-</span> and thus is related to Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">bis</span> "twice" (originally <span class="foreign notranslate">*dvis</span>) and to <span class="foreign notranslate">duo</span>, on notion of "two ways, in twain" (hence "apart, asunder").</p> <p>In classical Latin, <span class="foreign notranslate">dis-</span> paralleled <a href="/word/de-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of de- " class="crossreference notranslate">de-</a> and had much the same meaning, but in Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">dis-</span> came to be the favored form and this passed into Old French as <span class="foreign notranslate">des-</span>, the form used for compound words formed in Old French, where it increasingly had a privative sense ("not"). In English, many of these words eventually were altered back to <span class="foreign notranslate">dis-</span>, while in French many have been altered back to <span class="foreign notranslate">de-</span>. The usual confusion prevails.</p> <p>As a living prefix in English, it reverses or negatives what it is affixed to. Sometimes, as in Italian, it is reduced to <span class="foreign notranslate">s-</span> (as in <a href="/word/spend" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of spend " class="crossreference notranslate">spend</a>, <a href="/word/splay" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of splay " class="crossreference notranslate">splay</a>, <a href="/word/sport" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sport " class="crossreference notranslate">sport</a>, <span class="foreign notranslate">sdain</span> for <a href="/word/disdain" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of disdain " class="crossreference notranslate">disdain</a>, and the surnames <a href="/word/Spencer" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Spencer " class="crossreference notranslate">Spencer</a> and <span class="foreign notranslate">Spence</span>).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of dessert">Trends of <i>dessert</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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