Where does “decocție” come from?
decocție (Romanian) comes from French décoction, from Old French decoccion, from Latin decoctiō, from Latin decoquō, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
decocție (Romanian): decoction
Definitions
- decoction
Ancestry of “decocție”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | décoction | decoction |
| 2 | Old French | decoccion | decoction; coction, completion of cooking;... |
| 3 | Latin | decoctiō | decoction |
| 4 | Latin | decoquō | to boil away or down; to boil (cook) |
| 5 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 6 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 7 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 8 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 9 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 13 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 14 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |