'Receive,' 'perceive,' 'conceive,' and 'deceive' are siblings — all built on Latin 'capere' (to take).
To come into possession of something sent, given, or offered; to accept or take delivery of.
From Old French 'receivre,' from Latin 'recipere' (to take back, regain), composed of 're-' (back) + 'capere' (to take, seize). The Latin 'capere' descends from PIE *keh₂p- (to grasp). The Old French form was reshaped under the influence of Latin in Anglo-Norman, yielding Middle English 'receiven.' Key roots: re- (Latin: "back, again"), capere (Latin: "to take, seize, grasp"), *keh₂p- (Proto-Indo-European: "to grasp").