Etymology

unreceptive

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Today it means: not receptive Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Italic*wre-
  9. Latinre-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  12. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  13. Latincapiō
  14. Latinrecipiō
  15. Latinreceptus
  16. Medieval Latinreceptivus
  17. Middle Englishreceptive
  18. Englishreceptive
  19. English todayunreceptive

From un- + receptive.

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