Where does “receipts” come from?
Receipts derives from Middle English receipt, a noun denoting a recipe or formula.
receipts (English): plural of receipt; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of receipt; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “receipts”, step by step
| 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,... |