Where does “fotoreceptor” come from?

fotoreceptor (Polish) comes from Polish receptor, from English receptor, from Old French receptour, from Latin receptorius, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

fotoreceptor (Polish): photoreceptor

Definitions

  1. photoreceptor

Ancestry of “fotoreceptor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishreceptorsensory receptor
2EnglishreceptorA protein on a cell wall that binds with specific...
3Old Frenchreceptour—
4Latinreceptorius—
5Latinrecipiōto take back, (i.e., regain possession of something)
6Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
7Proto-Italickapiōtake
8Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti →Every word from Proto-Italic kapjō →