Concoct
/kənˈkɒkt/noun
To prepare or devise by combining ingredients, ideas, or plans.
Did you know?Concoct comes from Latin concoquere, used not just for cooking but also for the alchemical idea of “digesting” or ripening something into a new form.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pekw-
“to cook, ripen, or make ready by heat”
Latin
Latin
coquere
“to cook, ripen, digest”
Latin
Latin
concoquere
“to cook together; to digest; to mature or ripen”
Old French
Old French
concocter
“to prepare or cook up”
Middle English
English
concocten
“to cook together; to prepare; to devise”
Modern English
English
concoct
“to prepare by mixing ingredients or to invent something, especially a story or plan”