Etymology

receptivity

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Today it means: The state of being receptive. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  5. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  6. Latincapiō
  7. Latinrecipiō
  8. Latinreceptus
  9. Medieval Latinreceptivus
  10. Middle Englishreceptive
  11. Englishreceptive
  12. English todayreceptivity

From receptive + -ity.

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