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concoct

/kənˈkɒkt/kuhn-KOKT
/kənˈkɑkt/kuhn-KAHKT

Meaningto cook together

Common meaning: to mix up or make up

‘with, together’ + ‘to cook’ → concoct

Journey through time

  1. Latincoquō, coxī, coctum‘to cook’
  2. Englishconcoct‘to mix up or make up’ · today

con- also in: convexconveyconcaveconcealconcede

coct also in: cuisinedecoctionprecocious

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin coquō ‘to cook; to ripen’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry coquō, p. 468 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

cuisinedecoctionprecocious

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