Where does “baroreceptor” come from?

baroreceptor (English) comes from Polish receptor, from English receptor, from Old French receptour, from Latin receptorius, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

baroreceptor (English): A nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in...

Definitions

  1. A nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in...

Ancestry of “baroreceptor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishreceptorsensory receptor
2EnglishreceptorA protein on a cell wall that binds with specific...
3Old Frenchreceptour
4Latinreceptorius
5Latinrecipiōto take back, (i.e., regain possession of something)
6Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
7Proto-Italickapiōtake
8Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-
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