Where does “receptivity” come from?
Receptivity comes from French -ité, Latin -itas, Latin recipio meaning to receive, with the prefix re- and root from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-.
receptivity (English): The state of being receptive; The extent to which...
Definitions
- The state of being receptive; The extent to which...
Ancestry of “receptivity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | receptive | capable of receiving something; ready to receive... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | receptivus | — |
| 3 | Latin | receptus | retaken, having been retaken; received, having... |
| 4 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 5 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |