Recipient

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mid 16th century: from Latin recipient- ‘receiving’, from the verb recipere .

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Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō(“to receive”)

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recipient (n.)

"a receiver or taker," especially "one who receives or accepts something given," 1550s, from French récipient (16c.) and directly from Latin recipientem (nominative recipiens), present participle of recipere "to hold, contain" (see receive). As an adjective in English, "receiving, receptive, acting or capable of serving as a receiver," from 1610s. Related: Recipience "a receiving, the act of or capacity for receiving" (1882); recipiency (1822).