Where does “receipt” come from?
Receipt comes from Middle English receipt, from Old French recete, from Latin recēpta, the feminine past participle of recipere meaning "to receive."
receipt (English): The act of receiving, or the fact of having been...
Definitions
- The act of receiving, or the fact of having been...
Ancestry of “receipt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | receyt | The act of reception or taking in |
| 2 | Old French | receite | receipt |
| 3 | Latin | recepta | inflection of receptus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | receptus | retaken, having been retaken; received, having... |
| 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,... |