English → Latin
“recipe” in Latin
fōrmulashape, outline; form; beauty; pattern, mould; paradigmmisceōto mix; to mingle; to intermingle; to unite; to combine; to share; to associate; of a disturbance of the natural order, compositiōarrangement, combination; union; agreement, pactmedicushealing, curative, medical; magic
The English word recipe itself goes back to Latin capiō, through recipe.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
recipe
formula (medici): mixtura (mixture, Cels.): compositio (e.g., Cels., 5, 26, fin., etc., and the title of Scribonius’s work, “Compositiones medicae”). The most celebrated recipes, compositiones nobilissimae (Cels.) [Vid :, also, RECEIPT]: to prepare medicine according to a physician’s recipe, *medicamentum ex medici formula diluere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for recipe?
- The usual Latin words for “recipe” are fōrmula, misceō, compositiō; also medicus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.