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
- A second coction or preparation; a vamping up
Ancestry of “recoction”, step by step
recoction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coction | An act of boiling; Digestion; The change which... |
| 2 | Latin | coctio | cooking; digestion |
| 3 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 4 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 5 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 6 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 7 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 10 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 11 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 12 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via English re
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | re | About, regarding, with reference to; especially... |
| 2 | English | reinsurance | Insurance purchased by insurance companies that... |
| 3 | English | re- | again, anew; a completive or intensification of... |
| 4 | Middle English | re- | — |
| 5 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |