Where does “receivership” come from?
Receivership is derived from receiver, from Middle English recevere, ultimately tracing through Old English -scipe, Proto-Germanic -skapiz and skapjaną, to the Proto-Indo-European root skab-.
receivership (English): The office and duties of a receiver; The state of...
Definitions
- The office and duties of a receiver; The state of...
Ancestry of “receivership”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | receiver | A person who or thing that receives or is... |
| 2 | English | receive | To take, as something that is offered, given,... |
| 3 | Middle English | receyven | To accept or take especially into authority |
| 4 | Old French | recevoir | to receive |
| 5 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |