myEtymology.com: French etymology of reception

Etymology of the French word reception

the Old French word reception

derived from the Latin word receptio (recovery; receiving, reception)

derived from the Late Latin word receptus (retreat)

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-

English reception, Romanian recepţie

Word found in Old French