Etymology

nociceptive

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Today it means: Relating to the perception or sensation of pain. Full definition →

English receptive ← Middle English receptive ← Medieval Latin receptivus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*neḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*noḱéyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*nokeō
  4. Latinnoceō
  5. Proto-Italic*wre-
  6. Latinre-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  9. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  10. Latincapiō
  11. Latinrecipiō
  12. Latinreceptus
  13. Medieval Latinreceptivus
  14. Middle Englishreceptive
  15. Englishreceptive
  16. English todaynociceptive

Coined by English neurophysiologist Charles Sherrington in 1906, from Latin noceō (“to do harm, to inflict injury”) + receptive.

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