English

thermoreception

From thermo- + reception.

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to be warm’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos

Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós

Ancient Greek θερμός ‘warm, hot’

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

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Latin recipiō ‘receive’

Latin receptiō ‘the act of receiving’

Middle French reception

Middle English recepcion

Today it means

noun Synonym of thermoception.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / thermoreception