Where does “resit” come from?
resit (Malay) comes from English receipt, from Middle English receyt, from Old French receite, from Latin recepta, from Latin receptus, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
resit (Malay): receipt
Definitions
- receipt
Ancestry of “resit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | receipt | The act of receiving, or the fact of having been... |
| 2 | Middle English | receyt | The act of reception or taking in |
| 3 | Old French | receite | receipt |
| 4 | Latin | recepta | inflection of receptus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | receptus | retaken, having been retaken; received, having... |
| 6 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |