Receptive
/rɪˈsɛp.tɪv/noun
Open and willing to receive ideas, feelings, or influences.
Did you know?Receptive comes from Latin words tied to “taking in,” and its deeper root is the same PIE root behind Latin capere, a family that also gave English words like capture and captivate.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kap-
“to grasp, take”
Latin
Latin
capere
“to take, seize, capture”
Latin
Latin
receptivus
“able to receive”
Old French
Old French
receptif
“capable of receiving”
Middle English
English
receptif
“able to receive or admit”
Modern English
English
receptive
“open to receiving or accepting”