Этимология
() From Middle English onfangen, onfon (“to receive, accept”), from Old English onfōn, ondfōn (“to receive, accept, perceive”), from Proto-Germanic *and-fánhanan (“to accept”), from Proto-Indo-European *pak'- (“to fasten, fix, stick”). Cognate with West Frisian ûntfange (“to receive”), Dutch ontvangen (“to receive”), German empfangen (“to receive, welcome”), Icelandic aðfang (“input, supply”), Latin pangō (“fix, fasten, drive in”), Old English ġefangian (“to fasten, join”). More at un-, fang.