confect
/kənˈfekt/kuhn-FEKT
/kənˈfɛkt/kuhn-FEKT
Meaningmade up together
Common meaning: to make up from ingredients
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- fectto make; to cause to happenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 716 · scan
‘with, together’ + ‘to make’ → confect
Journey through time
- Latinconfectus‘made up’source
- Englishconfect‘to make up from ingredients’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin faciō ‘to make’.
Roots
- faciō, fēcī, factum Latin “to make; to cause to happen”
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