Meaning

noun willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

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 Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts…

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