Where does “risit” come from?
risit (Tok Pisin) 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,...
risit (Tok Pisin): receipt
Ancestry of “risit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | receipt | The act of receiving, or the fact of having been... |
| 2 | Middle English | receyt | — |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 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,... |