Meaning

adjective open to arguments, ideas, or change

adjective ready or willing to receive favorably

adjective of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

originEtymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin recipiō Latin receptus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin receptivusbor. Middle English receptive English receptive From Late Middle English receptive, receptyue…

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