Where does “archetypically” come from?
archetypically (English) comes from English archetypical, 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.
archetypically (English): In an archetypical fashion
Definitions
- In an archetypical fashion
Ancestry of “archetypically”, step by step
archetypically traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English archetypical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | archetypical | In the way of an archetype, in the way of an... |
| 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 |