Where does “deceptive” come from?
Deceptive comes from Middle French déceptif, from Latin deceptivus, formed from the past participle of Latin capio meaning to take or seize, with the suffix -ivus.
deceptive (English): Likely or attempting to deceive
Definitions
- Likely or attempting to deceive
Ancestry of “deceptive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | déceptif | — |
| 2 | Latin | deceptivus | deceptive |
| 3 | Latin | dēcipiō | to catch, ensnare, entrap, deceive, mislead, beguile, elude, cheat |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |