Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Morsel

Morsel , noun

[Old French morsel, French morceau, Late Latin morsellus, a dim. from Latin morsus a biting, bite, from mordere to bite; prob. akin to English smart. See Smart, and compare Morceau, Mordant, Muse, v., Muzzle, n.]

1.
A little bite or bit of food. — Chaucer
Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion. — South
2.
A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment.