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- Latin · derived fromdēcipiō“to deceive; beguile; entrap”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromdeceivre
- Middle English · inherited fromdeceyven
- English todaydeceive
From Middle English deceyven, from Anglo-Norman deceivre, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from dē- (“from”) + capiō (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English beswīcan.
Words from the same roots
Latindēcipiō all →
deception
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.