Precoction
/ˌpriːˈkɒkʃən/noun
The act of cooking or boiling something beforehand.
Did you know?Precoction belongs to the same Latin family as “precocious,” originally describing fruit that ripened or was “cooked” before its season.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pekw-
“To cook, ripen, or prepare by heat”
Classical Latin
Latin
coquere
“To cook, boil, or ripen”
Classical Latin
Latin
praecoquere
“To cook beforehand; to ripen prematurely”
Late Latin
Latin
praecoctio
“A preliminary cooking or boiling”
Middle English
English
precoction
“Cooking or boiling beforehand”
Modern English
English
precoction
“The act of precooking; a rare or technical term”