receipt

Where does the word "receipt" come from? It comes from Medieval Latin recepta, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).

Receipt’s story begins in Medieval Latin: recepta meant “a thing received.” A thing received, from recipere (to receive). It reached English by 1300s as receipt. Settled as the English word for a written acknowledgment of something received. Today, receipt means a written acknowledgment that a payment has been made or goods received.

1. Stage 1 · Medieval Latin · medieval recepta "a thing received", a thing received, from recipere (to receive).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1300s receipt "a written acknowledgment of payment or goods received", settled as the English word for a written acknowledgment of something received.