Where does “receptor” come from?

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

receptor (Polish): sensory receptor

Definitions

  1. sensory receptor

Ancestry of “receptor”, step by step

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

Words derived from “receptor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti →Every word from Proto-Italic kapjō →