Etymology of the English word decoction
the English word
decoctionderived from the Old French word
decoctionderived from the Late Latin word
decoctio (decoction; boiling down; mixture)
derived from the Late Latin word
decoquere (boil, melt; ruin; waste away; shrivel)
derived from the Classical Latin word
coquere (cook; boil, fry)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pekĘ·-using the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
Date
The earliest known usage of decoction in English dates from the 14th century.
