Etymology of the English word received
the English word
receivedderived from the English word
receivederived from the Old French word
receivrederived 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-using the English suffix
-edUsage
Word found in Modern English
