Where does “receiptholder” come from?
receiptholder (English) comes from English receipt, from Middle English receyt, from Old French receite, from Latin recepta, from Latin receptus, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
receiptholder (English): The bearer of a receipt
Definitions
- The bearer of a receipt
Ancestry of “receiptholder”, step by step
receiptholder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English receipt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | receipt | The act of receiving, or the fact of having been... |
| 2 | Middle English | receyt | The act of reception or taking in |
| 3 | Old French | receite | receipt |
| 4 | Latin | recepta | inflection of receptus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | receptus | retaken, having been retaken; received, having... |
| 6 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via English Hölder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hölder | A thing that holds |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |