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Where does “unreceivable” come from?

unreceivable (English) comes from English receivable, from Middle English receyvable, from French recevable, from French recevoir, from Middle French recevoir, from Old French recevoir, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

unreceivable (English): That cannot be received

Definitions

  1. That cannot be received

Ancestry of “unreceivable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishreceivablecapable of being received, especially of a debt,...
2Middle Englishreceyvable—
3Frenchrecevableacceptable, admissible; receivable
4Frenchrecevoirto receive
5Middle Frenchrecevoir—
6Old Frenchrecevoirto receive
7Latinrecipiō—
8Latincapiō—
9Proto-Italickapiōtake
10Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
11Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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