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Desserts edit
Dessert 27.34.47.142 (talk) 10:58, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Etymology edit
I can't view the OED citation. The Vaughan citation doesn't mention the word.
The NYT citation is the only one that supports the "désservir" etymology, but not having the Krondl book to hand, I have no way to tell what he's based that claim on. That NYT article quotes Krondl as saying: "“The French noun dessert originates with the verb desservir, or un-serve". But I believe the French verb should have an accent aigue, thus: "désservir". This discrepancy renders the NYT or Krondl claim questionable; if your French orthography is incorrect, then your etymological claims are also open to question.
I've found both these words in searches, both with and without the accent. I don't know which is the correct orthography.
Who removed the accent? The NYT reviewer, or Krondl? Does the French word for "dessert" have an accent, or not? If it does, then the NYT review is pretty useless as a source.
FWIW, My Concise Oxford English Dictionary (7th edition) confirms desservir (but with no accent). French wikipedia has "dessert" and "desservir" without accents. Perhaps some native French speaker could clarify, and provide a better citation?
MrDemeanour (talk) 17:14, 17 August 2022 (UTC)