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
- A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific...
Ancestry of “receptor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | receptour | — |
| 2 | Latin | receptorius | — |
| 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 “receptor”
- proprioception
- photoreceptor
- chemoreceptor
- baroreceptor
- nociceptor
- coreceptor
- adrenoreceptor
- mechanoreceptor
- autoreceptor
- nonreceptor
- immunoreceptor
- interphotoreceptor
- electroreceptor
- neuroreceptor
- osmoreceptor
- proprioceptor
- radioreceptor
- bioreceptor
- thermoreceptor
- magnetoreceptor
- counterreceptor
- receptoral
- gravireceptor
- heteroreceptor