Where does “receivables” come from?
Receivables derives from English receive plus the suffix -able, tracing through Middle English and Old French -able to Latin -abilis, ultimately from Latin re-.
receivables (English): plural of receivable
Definitions
- plural of receivable
Ancestry of “receivables”, step by step
| 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,... |