Where does “immunoreceptor” come from?

immunoreceptor (English) comes from English receptor, from Old French receptour, from Latin receptorius, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

immunoreceptor (English): A family of receptors found on leukocytes that...

Definitions

  1. A family of receptors found on leukocytes that...

Ancestry of “immunoreceptor”, step by step

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