Etymology of the English word pressoreceptor
the English word
pressoreceptorderived from the English word
pressurederived from the Old French word
pressurederived from the Latin word
pressuraderived from the Latin word
pressus (firmly planted, deliberate; pressing; pressure; exertion of pressure)
derived from the Old French word
presserderived from the Vulgar Latin word
pressare (press, squeeze)
derived from the Latin word
pressus (firmly planted, deliberate; pressing; pressure; exertion of pressure)
derived from the English word
receptorderived from the Old French word
receptourderived from the Latin word
receptor (receiver, shelterer; concealer)
derived from the Latin word
recipere (to take back, receive; keep back; recover; undertake; record)
derived from the Late Latin word
capere (to take; take hold, seize; grasp)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kap-using the Latin prefix
re-Usage
Word found in Modern English
