'susceptibility' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'susceptibilitas', where 'suscipere' meant 'to take up, sustain'.

'susceptibilitas' transformed into the French word 'susceptibilité', and eventually became the modern English word 'susceptibility' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'the capacity to receive or be affected by something', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'being likely to be influenced or harmed'.