Where does “receive” come from?
Receive comes from Middle English receiven, from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere, meaning to take back or accept.
receive (English): To take, as something that is offered, given,...
Definitions
- To take, as something that is offered, given,...
Ancestry of “receive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | receyven | To accept or take especially into authority |
| 2 | Old French | recevoir | to receive |
| 3 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 4 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |