An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

State or character of being susceptible. → magnetic susceptibility

Etymology (EN): M.L. susceptibilitas, from susceptibilis “capable, sustainable, susceptible,” from susceptus, p.p. of suscipere “sustain, support, acknowledge,” from sub “up from under” + capere “to take” ……

Etymology (PE): Barxodgiri, from bar- “up; upon; on; in; into; at; forth; with; near; before; according to” (Mid.Pers. abar; O.Pers. upariy “above; over, upon, according to;” Av. upairi “above, over,” upairi.zəma- “located above the earth;” cf. Gk. hyper- “over, above;” L. super-; O.H.G. ubir “over;” PIE base *uper “over”) + xod “self, own” (Mid.Pers. xwad “self; indeed;”
Av. hva- “self, own”) + giri vebal noun of gereftan “to take, seize, hold” (Mid.Pers. griftan, gir- “to take, hold, restrain;” O.Pers./Av. grab- “to take, seize,”
cf. Skt. grah-, grabh- “to seize, take,” graha- “seizing, holding, perceiving,” M.L.G. grabben “to grab,” from P.Gmc. *grab, E. grab “to take or grasp suddenly;” PIE *ghrebh- “to seize”).