## Etymology
A compound of dessert + spoon. Dessert is from French desservir ('to clear the table'), from des- + servir ('to serve'); spoon is from Old English spon ('chip, splinter of wood').

## AI Etymology
Dessertspoon is a compound of dessert + spoon. Dessert is from French desservir ('to clear the table'), from des- + servir ('to serve'); spoon is from Old English spon ('chip, splinter of wood'). Important recorded forms include desservir (French) and spon (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon. The wider family includes derived forms such as dessertspoonful and related words such as dessert, spoon, teaspoon, and tablespoon.

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