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Where does “receptor” come from?

Receptor comes from Latin receptor, meaning one who receives or takes back.

receptor (English): A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific...

Definitions

  1. A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific...

Ancestry of “receptor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchreceptour—
2Latinreceptorius—
3Latinrecipiō—
4Latincapiō—
5Proto-Italickapiōtake
6Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
7Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Words derived from “receptor”

  • photoreceptor
  • chemoreceptor
  • baroreceptor
  • nociceptor
  • coreceptor
  • adrenoreceptor
  • mechanoreceptor
  • autoreceptor
  • nonreceptor
  • immunoreceptor
  • interphotoreceptor
  • electroreceptor
  • neuroreceptor
  • osmoreceptor
  • radioreceptor
  • bioreceptor
  • thermoreceptor
  • magnetoreceptor
  • counterreceptor
  • receptoral
  • gravireceptor
  • heteroreceptor
  • interreceptor
  • hygroreceptor
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