Etymology

receptiveness

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Today it means: the characteristic of being receptive Full definition →

English receptive ← Middle English receptive ← Medieval Latin receptivus
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  1. Latinreceptus
  2. Medieval Latinreceptivus
  3. Middle Englishreceptive
  4. Englishreceptive
  5. English todayreceptiveness

From receptive + -ness.

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