Where does “telereceiver” come from?
telereceiver (English) comes from English receiver, from English receive, from Middle English receyven, from Old French recevoir, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
telereceiver (English): The receiving device in a teletransmission system
Definitions
- The receiving device in a teletransmission system
Ancestry of “telereceiver”, step by step
telereceiver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English receiver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | receiver | A person who or thing that receives or is... |
| 2 | English | receive | To take, as something that is offered, given,... |
| 3 | Middle English | receyven | To accept or take especially into authority |
| 4 | Old French | recevoir | to receive |
| 5 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |