Dessert Definition

Origin of Dessert

• Note: It has been 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. The term predates him by at least a century, however.

  From Wiktionary

• From French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.

  From Wiktionary

• French from Old French desservir to clear the table des- de- servir to serve serve

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition