Where does “archetypally” come from?
archetypally (English) comes from English archetypal, from English archetype, from Old French architipe, from Latin archetypum, from Latin archetypus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.
archetypally (English): In an archetypal way
Ancestry of “archetypally”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | archetypal | Of or pertaining to an archetype |
| 2 | English | archetype | An original model of which all other similar... |
| 3 | Old French | architipe | — |
| 4 | Latin | archetypum | nominative neuter singular of archetypus;... |
| 5 | Latin | archetypus | archetypical, original |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀρχέτυπος | first-molded; first-moulded |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |