means A utensil with a small shallow bowl on a handle, used for eating, stirring, or serving liquids and soft foods.

from From Old English 'spōn,' which meant a chip or splinter of wood — because the earliest spoons were just that, slivers of wood scooped into shape. It's a cousin of words across the Germanic family (German 'Span,' a chip or shaving), all tracing back to a root for a flat piece of wood. The romantic sense of 'spooning' — two bodies nestled like stacked spoons — is a much later affectionate borrowing of that snug, curved fit.