English
refocillation
Refocillation comes from Latin refocillātiō ‘refreshment’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErefocillātiō‘refreshment’
- Englishearliest quotation 1608refocillation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErefocillātiō‘refreshment’
- Englishearliest quotation 1608refocillation
Earliest quotation: 1608, Thomas Middleton, A Mad World: “Marry, sir, some precious cordial, some costly refocillation, a…”
Every English word from Latin refocillātiō
Today it means
noun The restoration of strength by means of refreshment.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin refocillātiō / refocillation