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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

  1. The sense of the position of parts of the body,...

Ancestry of “proprioception”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproprioceptorA nerve ending that functions as a sensory...
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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