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Where does “recetter” come from?

recetter (French) comes from French recette, from Italian ricetta, from Latin recepta, from Latin receptus, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

recetter (French): to do an acceptance test on

Definitions

  1. to do an acceptance test on

Ancestry of “recetter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrecetterecipe, receipt; income; acceptance testing
2Italianricettaprescription, script; recipe; remedy, cure
3Latinreceptainflection of receptus: ## nominative/vocative...
4Latinreceptusretaken, having been retaken; received, having...
5Latinrecipiō—
6Latincapiō—
7Proto-Italickapiōtake
8Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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