décoction

See also: decoction

French

Etymology

From Old French decoccion, decoction (“decoction; coction, completion of cooking; digestion”), from Latin decoctiō, form of decoquō (“I boil down”), from de- + coquō (“I cook”).

Noun

décoction f (plural décoctions)

decoction

Further reading

“décoction” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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