English
deceptive
Deceptive comes from Latin dēceptīvus, and goes back to dēcipiō ‘to deceive’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcipiō‘to deceive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēceptīvus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600déceptif
- Englishearliest quotation 1653deceptive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēcipiō‘to deceive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēceptīvus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600déceptif
- Englishearliest quotation 1653deceptive
Earliest quotation: 1653, John Bulwer, The Artificial Changling […]: “But others declare that no Creature can be made…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kap-
had, head, capital, heavy, catch, captain, capacity, behavior, escape, heavily, chapter, except, achieve, cape, chef, cattle, cabin, occupation, chapel, capitol, haven, capita, behave, hawk, acceptance, chaplain, cad, precipitation, mischief, mischievous, captivity, captive, conceive, conceivable, capillary, chieftain, haves, capo, cabana, occipital, 139 more
through Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti ‘to be grasping’
through Proto-Italic *kapjō ‘to take, seize’
case, capsule, cashier, chassis, cassette, casket, cajon, kas, chasse, 28 more
through Archaic Latin kapiō
acceptable, imperceptible, 24 more
through Latin capiō ‘capture, take’
cash, capable, cable, chase, cop, accept, capture, receive, recipe, recipient, perception, anticipation, anticipate, cater, reception, caption, susceptible, preoccupation, receivable, captor, captivate, sashay, perceptible, preceptor, 26 more
through Latin dēcipiō ‘to deceive’
Today it means
adj Likely or attempting to deceive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dēcipiō / deceptive