Where does “proprioception” come from?
Proprioception derives from English proprioceptor, combining Latin re- meaning back or again with Latin -tio denoting the action or process of receiving.
proprioception (English): The sense of the position of parts of the body,...
Definitions
- The sense of the position of parts of the body,...
Ancestry of “proprioception”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proprioceptor | A nerve ending that functions as a sensory... |
| 2 | English | receptor | A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific... |
| 3 | Old French | receptour | — |
| 4 | Latin | receptorius | — |
| 5 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |