Where does “archetypal” come from?
Archetypal comes from English archetype, from Latin archetypum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπος, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root h₂ergʰ- meaning to direct or rule.
archetypal (English): Of or pertaining to an archetype
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to an archetype
Ancestry of “archetypal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | archetype | An original model of which all other similar... |
| 2 | Old French | architipe | — |
| 3 | Latin | archetypum | nominative neuter singular of archetypus;... |
| 4 | Latin | archetypus | archetypical, original |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀρχέτυπος | first-molded; first-moulded |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |