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Where does “receyvable” come from?

receyvable (Middle English) comes from French recevable, from French recevoir, from Middle French recevoir, 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,...

Ancestry of “receyvable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrecevableacceptable, admissible; receivable
2Frenchrecevoirto receive
3Middle Frenchrecevoir—
4Old Frenchrecevoirto receive
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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