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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
1Polishreceptor—
2EnglishreceptorA protein on a cell wall that binds with specific...
3Old Frenchreceptour—
4Latinreceptorius—
5Latinrecipiō—
6Latincapiō—
7Proto-Italickapiōtake
8Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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