Etymology of the English word receptor
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
interoceptor,
adrenoreceptor,
baroreceptor,
chemoreceptor,
electroreceptor,
phonoreceptor,
photoreceptor,
proprioceptor,
rheoreceptor,
thermoreceptor,
frigidoreceptor,
pressoreceptorUsage
Word found in Modern English
