confection

French

noun
Definitions
  • making, creation, development, confection
  • ready-to-wear clothing
  • the ready-to-wear clothing industry

Etymology

Inherited from Old French confeccion borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem, cōnfectiō (making, confection, preparing, composing, producing, arranging, completing).

Origin

Latin

cōnfectiōnem, cōnfectiō

Gloss

making, confection, preparing, composing, producing, arranging, completing

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