Where does “recipient” come from?
Recipient comes from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiens, the present participle of recipio meaning "to receive," formed from the prefix re- and the root keh₂p- meaning "to seize or take."
recipient (English): One who receives; An individual receiving donor...
Definitions
- One who receives; An individual receiving donor...
Ancestry of “recipient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | récipient | — |
| 2 | Latin | recipiēns | taking back |
| 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,... |