English
excoction
Excoction comes from Latin excoctio.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcoctio
- Englishearliest quotation 1605excoction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcoctio
- Englishearliest quotation 1605excoction
Earliest quotation: 1605, Francis Bacon, (please specify |book=1 or 2): “For in the excoctions and depurations of Metalls it…”
Every English word from Latin excoctio
Today it means
noun The act of excocting or boiling out.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin excoctio / excoction