Where does “decoction” come from?
decoction (Old French) comes from Old French decoccion, from Latin decoctiō, from Latin decoquō, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
decoction (Old French): Alternative form of decoccion; decoction;...
Definitions
- Alternative form of decoccion; decoction;...
Ancestry of “decoction”, step by step
decoction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French decoccion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | decoccion | decoction; coction, completion of cooking;... |
| 2 | Latin | decoctiō | decoction |
| 3 | Latin | decoquō | to boil away or down; to boil (cook) |
| 4 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 5 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 6 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 7 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 8 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 11 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 12 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 13 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |