concoct
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
concoct
to prepare by combining raw materials; to fabricate
混合而制, 调合, 捏造
Dissection of concoct
concoct = con- (together) + coct (=coquere, to cook);
concoct = to cook things together;
concoct = extended further to mean to mix things together
Now Repeat my Dissection
concoct = to cook things together;
concoct = extended further to mean to mix things together
Important roots for this word:
con-
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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