Etymology

photoreceptive

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Today it means: Absorbing and using light, especially for sensory purposes Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Latinreceptus
  9. Medieval Latinreceptivus
  10. Middle Englishreceptive
  11. Englishreceptive
  12. English todayphotoreceptive

From photo- + receptive.

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