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

  1. The quality of being receivable

Ancestry of “receivableness”, step by step

receivableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English receivable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishreceivablecapable of being received, especially of a debt,...
2Middle EnglishreceyvableCapable of being received; receivable
3Frenchrecevableacceptable, admissible; receivable
4Frenchrecevoirto receive
5Middle Frenchrecevoir
6Old Frenchrecevoirto receive
7Latinrecipiōto take back, (i.e., regain possession of something)
8Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
9Proto-Italickapiōtake
10Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
11Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
12Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn 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
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyétiEvery word from Proto-Italic kapjō