Confect
/kənˈfɛkt/noun
To make or prepare, especially by combining ingredients; also, a sweet preparation or confection.
Did you know?Confect comes from Latin *conficere*, a verb used for both making things and carrying things through to completion, which is why its relatives can feel oddly ritual-like: language treated “making” as a kind of completion spell.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dheigh-
“to form, build, or mold”
Latin
Latin
facere
“to do, make, or perform”
Latin
Latin
conficere
“to complete, prepare, make up”
Late Latin
Latin
confectus
“made up, prepared; finished”
Middle English
English
confect
“to prepare or compound, especially a sweetmeat”
Modern English
English
confect
“to make or prepare; a confection”