English
receive
Receive comes from Old French recevoir, from Latin recipiō ‘to take back, accept’, and ultimately from Latin capiō ‘to take’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcapiō‘to take’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecipiō‘to take back, accept’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400recevoir
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500receyven
- Englishearliest quotation 1603receive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcapiō‘to take’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecipiō‘to take back, accept’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400recevoir
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500receyven
- Englishearliest quotation 1603receive
Earliest quotation: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes […]: “I cannot receive [translating recevoir] that manner, whereby we…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kap-
had, head, capital, heavy, captain, catch, except, capacity, behavior, chapter, escape, heavily, achieve, cape, chef, occupation, cattle, cabin, chapel, capitol, acceptance, haven, capita, hawk, behave, chaplain, cad, captivity, precipitation, mischief, captive, mischievous, capillary, chieftain, capo, conceivable, haves, cabana, occipital, conceive, 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 ‘to take’
cash, accept, capable, cable, chase, cop, capture, perception, recipe, anticipation, anticipate, caption, reception, recipient, cater, susceptible, deception, preoccupation, deceptive, deceit, captor, perceptible, deceive, captivate, sashay, preceptor, 26 more
Today it means
verb To be given, sent, or paid something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin capiō / receive