Where does “receivableness” come from?
receivableness (English) comes from English receivable, from Middle English receyvable, from French recevable, from French recevoir, from Middle French recevoir, from Old French recevoir, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
receivableness (English): The quality of being receivable
Definitions
- The quality of being receivable
Ancestry of “receivableness”, step by step
receivableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English receivable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | receivable | capable of being received, especially of a debt,... |
| 2 | Middle English | receyvable | Capable of being received; receivable |
| 3 | French | recevable | acceptable, admissible; receivable |
| 4 | French | recevoir | to receive |
| 5 | Middle French | recevoir | — |
| 6 | Old French | recevoir | to receive |
| 7 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 8 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |