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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

  1. In an archetypical fashion

Ancestry of “archetypically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharchetypicalIn the way of an archetype, in the way of an...
2EnglisharchetypeAn original model of which all other similar...
3Old Frencharchitipe—
4Latinarchetypumnominative neuter singular of archetypus;...
5Latinarchetypusarchetypical, original
6Ancient Greekἀρχέτυποςfirst-molded; first-moulded
7Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
8Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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