Etymology

mechanoreceptive

Today it means: Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch Full definition →

English receptive ← Middle English receptive ← Medieval Latin receptivus
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The story

  1. Latinmēchanicus
  2. Old Frenchmecanique
  3. Middle Englishmekanyk
  4. Englishmechan(ic)
  5. Englishmechano-
  6. Latinreceptus
  7. Medieval Latinreceptivus
  8. Middle Englishreceptive
  9. Englishreceptive
  10. English todaymechanoreceptive

From mechano- + receptive.

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