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Where does “recoction” come from?

recoction (English) comes from English coction, from Latin coctio, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

recoction (English): A second coction or preparation; a vamping up

Definitions

  1. A second coction or preparation; a vamping up

Ancestry of “recoction”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoctionAn act of boiling; Digestion; The change which...
2Latincoctiocooking; digestion
3Latincoquō—
4EnglishCook—
5Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
6Middle High Germankochento cook
7Old High Germankohhōnto cook
8Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
9Proto-Germanickukazcook
10LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
11Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
12Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
13Proto-Italic-os—
14Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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