Etymograph

English

coction

Coction comes from Latin coctiō ‘cooking’, from coquō ‘to cook’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pekʷ-1‘to cook’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pékʷeti1‘to be cooking’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷekʷō1‘to cook’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*quoquō1reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoquō1‘to cook’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoctiō2‘cooking’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1686coction2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin coctio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English coction
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1686, A Free Inquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature: : “But it is found by ſad experience, that ſhe…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pekʷ-Wiktionary, Latin coctio‘to cook’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pékʷetiWiktionary, Latin coctio‘to be cooking’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷekʷōWiktionary, Latin coctio‘to cook’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*quoquōWiktionary, Latin coctioreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoquōWiktionary, Latin coctio‘to cook’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoctiōWiktionary, English coction‘cooking’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1686coctionWiktionary, English coction. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1686, A Free Inquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature: : “But it is found by ſad experience, that ſhe…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- ‘to cook’

pumpkin, quitter, ricotta, dyspepsia, peptic, 15 more

through Latin coquō ‘to cook’

coach, kitchen, cook, cuisine, culinary, kiln, concoct, 7 more

Today it means

noun An act of boiling.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “coction”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin coctio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- / coction

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