receive (v.)

c. 1300, from Old North French receivre (Old French recoivre) "seize, take hold of, pick up; welcome, accept," from Latin recipere "regain, take back, bring back, carry back, recover; take to oneself, take in, admit," from re- "back," though the exact sense here is obscure (see re-) + -cipere, combining form of capere "to take," from PIE root *kap- "to grasp." Radio and (later) television sense is attested from 1908. Related: Received; receiving.