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Where does “receptour” come from?

receptour (Old French) comes from Latin receptorius, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Ancestry of “receptour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinreceptorius—
2Latinrecipiō—
3Latincapiō—
4Proto-Italickapiōtake
5Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
6Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Words derived from “receptour”

  • receptor
  • photoreceptor
  • chemoreceptor
  • baroreceptor
  • nociceptor
  • coreceptor
  • adrenoreceptor
  • mechanoreceptor
  • autoreceptor
  • nonreceptor
  • immunoreceptor
  • interphotoreceptor
  • electroreceptor
  • neuroreceptor
  • osmoreceptor
  • radioreceptor
  • bioreceptor
  • thermoreceptor
  • magnetoreceptor
  • counterreceptor
  • receptoral
  • gravireceptor
  • heteroreceptor
  • interreceptor
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