English
susceptor
Susceptor comes from Latin susceptor ‘undertaker, contractor’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsusceptor‘undertaker, contractor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1641same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsusceptor‘undertaker, contractor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1641same form
Earliest quotation: 1641, John Evelyn, The Diary of John Evelyn: “I had given me the name of my grandfather,…”
Every English word from Latin susceptor
Today it means
noun One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin susceptor / susceptor