Where does “receptive” come from?
Receptive comes from Medieval Latin receptivus, derived from Latin receptus, the past participle of recipio meaning "to receive," from the prefix re- and the root keh₂p- meaning "to seize or take."
receptive (English): capable of receiving something; ready to receive...
Definitions
- capable of receiving something; ready to receive...
Ancestry of “receptive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | receptivus | — |
| 2 | Latin | receptus | retaken, having been retaken; received, having... |
| 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,... |
Words derived from “receptive”
- receptivity
- proprioceptive
- nociceptive
- receptiveness
- unreceptive
- antinociceptive
- receptively
- mechanoreceptive
- photoreceptive
- proprioceptively
- electroreceptive
- pronociceptive
- nonreceptive
- chemoreceptive
- nonreceptivity
- irreceptive
- baroreceptive
- unreceptively
- chemoreceptivity
- nonproprioceptive
- autoreceptive
- bio-receptive
- bioreceptive
- extrareceptive