English
entremets
Entremets comes from French entremets.
- Frenchc. 1600–presententremets
- Englishearliest quotation 1879same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presententremets
- Englishearliest quotation 1879same form
Earliest quotation: 1879, George Augustus Henry Sala, Fashion and Food in New York: “I dined at Delmonico's hard by the Fifth-avenue Hotel,…”
The story
Replaced earlier Middle English entermes, from Old French entremés.
Every English word from French entremets
Today it means
noun A side dish (often of vegetables), or a small dish of savories served between courses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French entremets / entremets