Etymology of the English word receptive
the English word
receptivederived from the Medieval Latin word
receptivusderived 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
proprioceptiveUsage
Word found in Modern English
