Etymology of the English word proprioceptor
the English word
proprioceptorderived from the Medieval Latin word
proprius (special; own, very own; individual)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perderived 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-Derivations in English
proprioceptiveDerivations in other languages
Italian
propriocettore, Portuguese
proprioceptorUsage
Word found in Modern English