Recipe Definition And Origin. Recipe as a verb it was once used at the beginning of medical prescriptions and it first in latin meant take we are familiar with its use by physicians in the abbreviation r or rx. Receipt its first meaning was a drug made according to a recipe or a recipe for making food.
Resɪpi word forms. The first recorded use of receipt is a reference to a medicinal preparation in chaucer s canterbury tales c. King richard ii of england commissioned a recipe book called forme of cury in 1390 and around the same time another book was published entitled curye on inglish cury meaning cooking.
Resɪpi word forms.
From latin literally receive first used as an instruction in medical prescriptions imperative of recipere. See recipe in the oxford advanced american dictionary see recipe in the oxford learner s dictionary of academic english. A traditional recipe for oatmeal biscuits. A set of instructions telling you how to prepare and cook food including a list of what food is.