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[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 days ago

Receive inherited the "ei" from French. Retrieve was "e" only, switched to "i" only, and then went to both, all after it was already in English.

A lot of the crazy spelling in English is either because of old French or because medieval/Renaissance scholars found out about Latin and decided they wanted some of it for themselves.